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Michigan Pauses $500M I-375 Project Amid Rising Costs and Community Pushback

On August 11, Michigan transportation officials pressed pause on a plan once billed as a historic opportunity to reconnect Detroit neighborhoods and address one...

The Field is Set: Sheffield, Kinloch Face Off to Determine Detroit’s Next Mayor

The Associated Press declared that with roughly 84% of the vote counted in Tuesday’s primary, City Council President Mary Sheffield led with 37,414 votes...

Detroit Raises Curfew Fines for Parents, Sparking Debate on Accountability and Safety

Detroit City Council has voted to increase fines on parents whose children violate the city's long-standing juvenile curfew law — a move described by...

Detroit Mayoral Fundraising: Sheffield Has Cash Advantage Over Kinloch, Jenkins

The public is getting their best glimpse inside candidate's finances ahead of Detroit's nonpartisan Aug. 5 primary election that will determine the two candidates...

Local News Crisis Threatens Michigan Communities, LMA Summit Sparks Call to Rebuild

They used to call it “The Paper.” Rolled up and rubber-banded, dropped on porches before sunrise, passed across barbershop counters and church pews, clipped...

Joi Harris to Become DTE Energy’s First Black Woman CEO, Signaling a New Era of Power and Purpose in Detroit 

From high school co-op to corner office, Joi Harris’ story isn’t just one of mere corporate ascent—it’s one of Detroit legacy, Black excellence, and...

The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Isn’t So Beautiful for Black Detroiters

The U.S. Senate has voted 51–50 to advance what President Trump calls the “Big Beautiful Bill.” But here in Detroit, where nearly half of...

Detroit NAACP 70th Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner Calls for Urgency, Action, and Power in the Hands of the People

"I have only just a minute. Only sixty seconds in it. Forced upon me, can’t refuse it. Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it. But...

Voters Will Decide Detroit’s Future, So Let’s Not Repeat the Past

There will be nine Detroiters on the ballot vying to be the next mayor of Detroit when we vote in the August 5 primary....

Virgil C. Smith, Michigan Judge and Lawmaker, Dies at 79

Virgil Clark Smith, a lawmaker turned judge who helped reshape Michigan’s courts and Detroit’s schools, died Monday, June 23. He was 79. Smith battled COPD...

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