The Warren City Council announced Tuesday that it passed the city’s first anti-discrimination ordinance, but clarifies that the law does not apply to businesses owned by religious institutions or organizations.

Controversy continues in Warren Tuesday night as a $75 million incinerator expansion is the topic of debate for city leaders. It’s causing division between city administrators and city council members.

The ongoing duel between Warren Mayor Jim Fouts and city council continues with another lawsuit.

Keith Olson has been charged with threatening two members of the Warren City Council and their families.

WARREN, Mich. – The city of Warren is struggling to find firefighters, leading to enormous overtime for the ones still on the job. As Michigan’s third largest city, Warren has six fire stations to help protect more than 40,000 residential housing units. According to latest statistics, the Warren Fire Department respond to about 15,000 calls and between 3,000 to 4,000 fires a year. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said only a few took the overtime, leading to three fire personnel making more than $200,000 each for the year and three more making more than $190,000. Michigan’s Capitol Confidential, which first reported the story, said two employees logged more than 2,000 hours of overtime and nine others surpassed 1,000 hours.

WARREN, Mich – The city of Warren finds itself in legal trouble after a Macomb County judge ruled that its marijuana licensing process under the former city council was done in secret and violated the Open Meetings Act. Warren is currently being sued by 31 marijuana business owners over that process. Wednesday night, the current Warren City Council was presented with a settlement which includes 28 new licenses instead of the original 15. READ: Controversy continues over medical marijuana dispensaries licensing process in WarrenA map of the proposed settlement shows businesses clustered along Dequindre Road and Groesbeck Highway. Residents can email the city council at Citycouncil@cityofwarren.org to express their thoughts and opinions on the settlement.

WARREN, Mich. Budget cuts have left the mayor of Warren without one of his closest aides. Last week, the city council cut the position of an executive assistant to mayor Jim Fouts. READ: Warren Mayor Jim Fouts warns businesses to enforce social distancing guidelinesAmanda Mika, was the mayors executive assistant and made $90,000 a year. You did in fact this evening remove my position from the budget, Mika said at a June 26 council meeting. There are no games being played in the budget, Green said.