Duggan touts efforts to address blight, development projects in 2022 State of the City 

  Cutting down on blight and improving educational opportunities for Detroiters were the main points of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s...

Detroit Evening Report, March 9, 2022: Legislature to vote on freezing Michigan gas tax

  Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. The Republican-led...

Lawyers: FBI lured men for Whitmer kidnap plot

  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The four men charged with planning to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were swayed by informants and...

Michigan Legislature starts voting to pause state gas tax

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday will start voting to freeze, for six months, Michigan’s 27.2-cents-a-gallon...

Detroit Evening Report, March 8, 2022: Deadline extended for Wayne County property owners to pay back taxes

  Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. Wayne County...

What to know about the latest international climate report

Weather patterns are growing more extreme. This is not only experienced through events like wildfires and droughts around the globe,...

President Biden announces U.S. ban on Russian Oil

President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. is “targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy” by banning imports of...

Watch Live: Biden to announce U.S. ban on Russian oil imports

  President Biden is set to announce a U.S. ban on the import of Russian oil because of Russia's invasion...

Detroit Evening Report, March 7, 2022: Mayor Mike Duggan presents budget, says city is back on track

  Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. Detroit Mayor...

Detroit Mayor Duggan presents $2.4B budget to City Council

Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday presented his proposed $2.4 billion budget to the City Council that he says shows Detroit’s...

Local elections officials need help in 2022

  "We. Need. Help." That’s the message from local clerks as we get closer to the August primary elections and...

The promises and drawbacks of ranked choice voting

Ranked choice voting is a system that allows people to rank their favorite candidates, preventing votes from being wasted —...