Detroit Community Meetings to Discuss Livestock in the City

Photo Credit | Kusabi (FLICKR) The Detroit City Planning Commission is hosting a community Listen and Learn Session meeting to...

Can Governor Snyder Legally Keep Syrian Refugees Out of Michigan?

Michigan Municipal League / CC More than two dozen governors in the United States have said they will close their...

Reviewing the Grand Bargain: Saving Artwork and Funding Pensions in Detroit’s Bankruptcy

Jimmy Wayne (FLICKR/CC) Perhaps no single element helped propel Detroit’s bankruptcy proceedings more than the so-called "grand bargain." The deal brought...

Winter Forecast: Not as Cold, Not as Snowy

The last two winters have been among the coldest on record in Detroit. But forecasters are predicting this winter will...

Trying to Make Sense of Paris Attacks

Wikipedia The attacks in Paris left the world rocked by emotion, confusion and frustration. Why did these events happen? How...

The Art of Bankruptcy and What Role the DIA Played in the Case

In 2012, voters in three southeast Michigan counties passed a millage to provide long-term regional support for the Detroit Institute...

Judging the Bankruptcy, One Year Later

Within several weeks of the conclusion of Detroit's bankruptcy case, the presiding judge, Steven Rhodes, retired. He had been scheduled...

The Detroit Bankruptcy and the Regional Water Authority

By Sarah Cwiek Michigan Radio, the Detroit Journalism Cooperative Detroit’s bankruptcy case produced the Great Lakes Water Authority, a new...

For Detroit Retirees, Bankruptcy Still Part of Daily Life

For City of Detroit retirees, the changes brought by bankruptcy are measured in the cuts they’ve taken to monthly pension...

Voices of Pensioners: A Year After Bankruptcy

For City of Detroit retirees, the changes made by the bankruptcy case are measured in the cuts they’ve taken to...

Automakers Looking to Animal Kingdom for Ideas

Detroit’s automakers are looking at some unusual sources of inspiration to generate new automotive ideas.  For example, scientists at Ford...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 11-14-15

This week on RREM, new tracks from City & Colour and HBD to Neil Young (70), and remembering the late...