Detroit Today: Why Detroit is providing low-income residents facing eviction with lawyers
In May of last year, Detroit City Council committed to providing low-income residents facing eviction with legal representation. Between January...
Detroit Today: Looking at Eastpointe’s mayoral controversy
Primary election voting continues Tuesday in cities across the state of Michigan. Eastpointe’s mayoral race has been particularly interesting. Mayor...
Detroit Today: Hamtramck city council primary puts cultural changes into focus
Primary elections are going on Tuesday, including in Hamtramck, where residents will elect six out of nine candidates vying for...
Detroit Today: Explaining Warren’s primary election and the Jim Fouts controversy
Voting for primary elections began today in cities across the state of Michigan. In Warren, Mayor Jim Fouts, who has...
Conservative groups sue to block Biden plan canceling $39 billion in student loans
Two conservative groups are asking a federal court to block the Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39 billion in student...
Detroit Today: What a Michigan Trump voter thinks about the latest indictment
Michigan voters helped Donald Trump become president in 2016. And even though he didn’t win the state, many Michiganders voted...
Detroit Today: What Jocelyn Benson has been doing to protect Michigan’s elections
Earlier this week, former president Donald Trump — the frontrunner for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination — was indicted over...
Detroit Today: Why Michigan is at the epicenter of Trump’s recent indictment
In a 45-page grand jury indictment of Donald Trump released earlier this week, Michigan is mentioned nearly 40 times, including an...
Detroit Today: How can the legacy of Detroit’s Chinatown be preserved?
Last weekend, a 140-year-old building that had once provided resources for Chinese immigrants was demolished by the Ilitch's Olympia Development...
MichMash: Unorthodox recall petitions filed against state lawmakers
The executive director of Voters Not Politicians, Jamie Lyons-Eddy, is calling the recall petitions against eight Michigan lawmakers anti-democratic. Jon...
Detroit Today: Analyzing the ambitious goals of Michigan’s new education budget
Gov. Whitmer’s newly signed budget allocated more than $24.3 billion for Michigan education for the 2024 fiscal year. According to...
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies, including Matthew DePerno, in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been...