Detroit’s Bankruptcy Judge Advising Puerto Rico
Officials in Puerto Rico are hearing from Detroit’s former bankruptcy judge about how Chapter 9 works and how it allowed...
A nine-month stint with The Associated Press brought Sandra to Detroit...27 years ago. She has a bachelor's in journalism and history from Indiana University, and along the way added two master's degrees, one in library and information science and another in public administration, both from Wayne State University. Sandra has worked for The (Toledo) Blade covering education/children's issues, Detroit’s Metro Times and FEMA, where she deployed to Louisiana to help coordinate/communicate about community rebuilding/planning efforts for/after disasters. Sandra has won awards for broadcast, print, digital and community engagement work from the Michigan Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, State Bar of Michigan, Michigan Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists-Detroit chapter. WSU’s Public Administration program named her Alum of the Year in 2015 for her WDET work covering Detroit's bankruptcy. Sandra teaches adjunct faculty at Wayne State (political science) and UM-Dearborn (graduate public administration program). She volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit and with Freedom House Detroit. She loves her husband, dog, bicycle, usually in that order. Find her sailing on the Detroit River in her spare time.
How Property Values Help Make Oakland County Wealthy
A community’s relative wealth isn’t just determined by its population’s income. Property values and home sales prices are also an...
Setting Up Shop
MACKINAC ISLAND -- Big name politicians and business executives generally dominate the agenda at the Mackinac Policy Conference....
Detroit Institute of Arts in the Post-Bankruptcy Era
MACKINAC ISLAND -- The post-bankruptcy era is bringing changes to the Detroit Institute of Arts, some related to the case, some not. ...
Oakland County Treasurer Talks Transit at Mackinac Conference
Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner is pushing regional mass transit while he makes the rounds at the Mackinac Policy Conference...
Bankruptcy Judge to Detroit Citizens: Stay on It
The judge who oversaw Detroit’s bankruptcy case says the city’s recovery depends, in part, on its residents. Speaking at the...
Waiting on the Water Deal
MACKINAC ISLAND -- The chief mediator in Detroit’s bankruptcy case says he's hoping that the city of Detroit and counties of...
Motor City Bound: Ford Foundation Board Headed to Detroit for Summer Meeting
It’s been almost 70 years since the Ford Foundation moved its headquarters from the Motor City to the Big Apple....
Detroit Then and Now: What a Difference a Year Makes at the Mackinac Policy Conference
The famed Mackinac Policy Conference is put on by the Detroit Regional Chamber, so it’s not surprising the city is...
Visual Arts, Guitar Music Meet In Mix @ The Max Performance
It’s not that Brooklyn-based musician Kaki King was tired of simply playing guitar, it’s more that she wanted her guitar...
Rhodes Reflects on Detroit Bankruptcy Case
The judge who oversaw Detroit’s bankruptcy case says he wishes the court proceedings would have been broadcast live so that...
Downtown, Midtown Growing, But the Market’s ‘Not Yet Driving Itself’
Compared to the rest of the city, the centralized 7.2 square miles of Detroit have a greater density of people...