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...
Why Are We Giving The Least To The Kids That Need The Most in School?
The link between poverty and education creates special challenges for educators in Michigan, both in Detroit and in the suburbs....
Enter to Win: Cirque Zíva
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Wayne County Extends Foreclosure Deadline
Wayne County officials are extending the deadline for homeowners to pay some or all of their property taxes and...
The Knight Foundation Announces Winners of its Cities Challenge
Marissa Gawel/WDET The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is awarding $600,000 dollars to projects designed to increase opportunity and...
Tax Foreclosures Make National Headlines As Wayne County Prepares To Foreclose on 70-thousand homes
Today (Tues) is the last day for Wayne County homeowners at risk of losing their homes due to unpaid back...
Thousands Rush To Meet Foreclosure Deadline
In Detroit tens of thousands of people are facing a deadline today that could cost some of them their...
How is Federal Housing Money is Spent in Detroit?
The federal government provides $37 million annually to Detroit for housing programs that help stabilize life for people, according to Arthur Jemison. As...
Feds Return Control Of Housing Commission To Detroit
The US Housing and Urban Development Department is preparing to return control of the Detroit Housing Commission to city...
New Report: State Hampering DPS By Withholding Money to Pay Debt
WDET “It is just absolutely unfathomable and unacceptable for us as a community to allow the neediest children, the children who...
A History of Metro Detroit’s Extreme Tornadoes [TIMELINE]
The Palm Sunday tornadoes that ripped across Monroe and Lenawee Counties in 1965 packed winds estimated at 200 miles an...
Michigan Prepares To Commemorate 50th Anniversary Of Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
Next week, several communities throughout the Midwest will commemorate one of the worst tornado outbreaks in the nation’s history. On April...