Mayor Duggan talks NFL Draft, crime reduction and affordable housing at State of the City
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivered his 11th State of the City address Wednesday night. Speaking at the Dexter Avenue Baptist...
Vote to organize Volkswagen plant in Tennessee begins; UAW seeks big win in the South
Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. are deciding whether to join the United Auto Workers union. The start...
The Metro: Detroit Councilman Fred Durhal shares highlights from 2025 fiscal budget
Detroit City Council approved the mayor's $2.7 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal year last week. Every dollar allocated in...
The Metro: U-M Innovation Center in Detroit takes another step toward construction
University of Michigan’s Board of Regents approved the design for the school’s Center for Innovation, opening in Detroit in 2027. ...
The ‘Fight Club of Design’ is coming for young Detroit artists
When Brook Banham was in graduate school at the College for Creative Studies, he had to write a plan for...
Population report shows warning for Michigan’s future
Michigan’s population is expected to have about another decade of slow growth before eventually declining below current numbers by 2050....
Created Equal: What Detroit’s credit bump says about the financial health of the city, residents
Detroit’s credit rating is moving up — nearly 10 years after the bankruptcy — which means government operations are normalizing...
Kellogg’s facing backlash, boycott this month following controversial comment from CEO
Kellogg's Company could face a national boycott beginning this week after comments made by its CEO caused a huge backlash...
Michigan Congressman John Moolenaar named chair of special committee on Chinese Communist Party
One of the few issues the deeply-divided U.S. Congress agrees on is taking a hard line on China. Now a...
Detroit Evening Report: New study shows Detroit over-assessed its lowest-valued properties
Detroit City Council approved two resolutions this week to review the assessed values of homes under $35,000 in the city...
Medical school residents at Western Michigan University vote to unionize
Residents at a medical school associated with Western Michigan University have voted to unionize. The WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School...
Created Equal: What rural areas and urban cities have in common
We know a lot about poverty, but there isn't much known about the origins of extreme, intergenerational poverty that defines...
