Detroit City Council is convening dozens of budget hearings in the weeks ahead. BridgeDetroit and Outlier Media will provide budget discussion summaries and key details.
Kayleigh Lickliter
Kayleigh Lickliter is a freelance reporter from the metro Detroit area. She joined the BridgeDetroit team as a contributor in 2021 to track how the city was spending over $800 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding. Before entering the local news industry in Detroit, Lickliter was a private investigator in multiple sectors.
She diligently holds the city to its promises, which has led to quick, sometimes decisive, action by government officials.
As a proud Detroit Documenter, she has live-tweeted over 120 Detroit and Wayne County public meetings. Her first investigative story for BridgeDetroit was featured on the front page of the Detroit Free Press. Her reporting uncovered the city’s use of cemetery dirt as backfill and Proposal N advisory board meetings that were held behind closed doors and without notice to Detroit residents.
Lickliter understands the complexities of local government and the bureaucratic barriers that Detroiters often face. Coupled with her unique eye for the details that make information newsworthy, she is an asset to every newsroom she works with.
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Posted inPolice & Public Safety, Political and Public Policy Information
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Posted inPolice & Public Safety
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Posted inElection 2025
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Posted inElection 2025
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Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Detroit police board revisits citizen complaint policy – just months after gutting it
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Posted inElection 2025, Political and Public Policy Information
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Posted inElection 2025, Political and Public Policy Information
BridgeDetroit 2025 Voter Guide: Meet the candidates running for District 5
One person from District 5 is elected to Detroit City Council. Here’s who is running for the seat on August 5.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
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As frustrations grow, theft victims in Detroit are taking action on their own via GPS technology.