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How block clubs and community centers in Detroit’s neighborhoods use everything at their disposal to mobilize voters and get them to the polls on Election Day.
A Detroit city council member proposed an ordinance that, if passed, would allow Detroiters to submit an application to rename their neighborhood.
With absentee voting expected to be the way most Detroiters will vote in the November election, a widespread effort is underway to avoid ballots being rejected due to mail delays.
What’s high school like in a pandemic? 3 local highschoolers share what’s changed. University of Michigan’s Javed Ali talks about domestic terrorism and the power of words.
City officials and developers broke ground Thursday on the Osi Art Apartments in Detroit’s Woodbridge neighborhood, where half of the units in the building will be reserved for affordable housing. Fifteen of the 30 units in the $6.6 million development will be set aside for those at 80% of the area median income, or a $40,000 to $60,000 income range. The exact rent for the units has not been determined yet. The four-story building at 3820 Grand River Ave. aims to include three studios, two two-bedroom and 25 one-bedroom apartments. The 25,000-square-foot development will also feature 5,000 square feet of rentable commercial space.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, and fears of an undercount, the Census 2020 tally ended this week and only half of Detroit has been counted. Now, Michigan could lose a congressional seat and federal funding for essential services may be cut.
Ga’heime Griffin died this week of injuries from a car accident. His death, at the age of 18, has hit hard in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, where Griffin was well known as not only a leader, but also as an athlete and a member of the ROTC.
Landlords with tenants who have fallen behind on rent payments and are in the pre-court eviction process can now apply directly to get help from the state’s Eviction Diversion Program, which helps ease the financial burden of the pandemic.
Enrollment in the Detroit school district is down by 3,000 students compared with this time last year, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said during a school board meeting Tuesday.
Detroit Future City released a shared vision for an economically equitable Detroit on Tuesday. The nonprofit think tank is using the shared vision as a call to action to get local organizations and institutions to work with residents to increase access and opportunity.
Hundreds of thousands of people will be eligible for expungement under new laws signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.