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Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
At first, the sign was mocked for falling short of expectations, especially considering its hefty price tag
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Views & Opinions, Detroit, NFL Draft, Mayor Duggan, sign, I-94, social media, Instagram, Slideshow
Disability justice groups demand more resources in Detroit’s budget
More than 128,000 Detroiters – or one out of five residents – have at least one disability
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Disability Rights, Paratransit, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit, people with disabilities, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, budget, wheelchairs
Detroit City Council takes action after study suggests lowest valued homes were overtaxed
Activists are worried about another wave of foreclosures based on inflated property taxes for some homes
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, property taxes, Coalition for Property Tax Justice
Detroit suspiciously quiet about contamination found at missile site-turned-park
Even for the city of Detroit, this level of secrecy is unusual
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Government, A.B. Ford Park, Detroit, parks, east side, Nike Missile plant, contamination, Mayor Duggan, trees
Businessman Joel Haashiim announces mayoral candidacy, vows to serve all of Detroit
‘Somebody has to stand up and do the right thing for the people of Detroit,’ the 73-year-old says
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joel Haashiim, politics, election, mayoral candidate, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Mary Sheffield, corporate welfare
Wayne County jobs court helps low-level offenders get jobs, services
The $4.8 million test pilot is aimed at making defendants more productive members of society
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Politics & Government, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, jobs, Wayne County, crimes, court, Focus: Hope, Bridgewater Interiors, Stellantis, Detroit Works, Goodwill Industries, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Carpenters and Millwrights
The partially collapsed historic building in Eastern Market may be saved after all
Mayor Duggan’s administration said it will ‘absolutely’ consider plans to salvage the four-story structure
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Politics & Government, Real Estate, Del Bene Building, Eastern Market, historic building, preservationists, emergency demolition, Mayor Duggan, BSEED
Mary Sheffield lays out vision for a more equitable Detroit, if she runs for mayor
The Detroit City Council president reveals why she’s exploring a mayoral bid
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Mary Sheffield, Detroit City Council, Detroit, mayor, Mayor Duggan, election, politics, progressive politics
Alarming racial disparity found in Ferndale arrests and traffic tickets – again
An advocacy group is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate ‘predatory policing’ in the suburb
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Council on American-Islamic Relations, racial profiling, Ferndale, Detroit, 8 Mile, Muslims, traffic stops, police, racism
Most Detroiters are unsatisfied and would like to move, survey found
The findings paint a gloomy picture of life in Michigan’s largest city
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Survey, poll, Detroit, suburbs, quality of life, education, jobs, affordable housing, Gallup, Detroit Regional Chamber
Duggan slams new census estimates that show Detroit’s population continues to shrink
The mayor, who pegged his success on growing the Motor City’s population after decades of decline, calls the Census Bureau ‘a complete clown show’
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Census, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, population, federal funding
Cannabis company in Michigan begins to hire up to 350 laid-off Burger King workers
Nearly all of the laid-off Burger King workers have applied for a job with Stiiizy
Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Burger King, jobs, Stiiizy, cannabis, marijuana, Orion Township
Cannabis company offers jobs to all 400+ Burger King workers laid off in Michigan
The workers would earn at least $16 an hour
Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Stiiizy, Burger King, marijuana, vape pods, cannabis, jobs
Detroit finally begins offering benefits to overtaxed residents
Until this week, residents had not been compensated in any way for losing their homes or paying more than they owed in property taxes
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Property taxes, overassessed property values, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Mary Sheffield
Detroit launches program to help renters become homeowners
Each applicant would receive up to $25,000 in downpayment assistance
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, houses, Mayor Duggan, American Rescue Protection Act, Downpayment Assistance Program, mortgage
Detroit stops Grosse Pointe Park foundation from demolishing building along historic land
‘They think they’re above the law,’ councilman says
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, Detroit Historic District commission, Grosse Pointe Park, Demolition, A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Center for the Performing Arts, Jefferson-Chalmers Historic Business District
Demolition begins on long-abandoned La Choy factory along Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit
The city plans to raze or redevelop about 100 vacant commercial buildings during Mayor Mike Duggan’s third term
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, La Choy, demolition, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, LaJuan Counts, Brad Dick, Joe Louis Greenway
Marv Won’s next battle is personal
In the early 2000s, Marv Won went from battling at lunchroom tables in high school to rapping his way around battles in the city
By Alex Washington
Tags: Music Issue, Music, Marv Won, 8 Mile, Detroit rap, Eminem, Cover Story
Detroit sues celebrity pastor and his ‘nuisance’ mega-church over unfinished Woodward project
The city wants to demolish Winans’ Perfecting Church if it’s not completed soon
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Perfecting Church, Detroit, Church, Woodward, Development, construction, demolition, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, Marvin Winans
Black Detroiters fall behind in access to quality jobs, report finds
The inequity is perpetuating the region’s economic racial divide
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Labor, Detroit, jobs, Detroit Future City, Middle class, Growth occupations, racial inequity, race
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Side Hustle Lounge opens in downtown Detroit just in time for the NFL Draft
By Layla McMurtrie
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley
By Lee DeVito