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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.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Police recruits could pay up to $35K in training costs if they leave Detroit
The concept to stem “police poaching” is laid out in proposed bills being considered by the state Legislature for new recruits if they leave for other agencies within the first few years.
Posted inHousing
Proposal N oversight board hasn’t met in public. That’s about to change
Detroit’s top lawyer says the advisory board isn’t subject to open meetings laws, but will hold future meetings publicly “in the interest of community engagement and transparency.”
Posted inEnvironment
Expensive fixes backup Detroit’s flood prevention program
About half of the homeowners enrolled in the first phase of the Basement Backup Protection Program have flood controls, Detroit wants more federal dollars to move it along.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroiters spent $49M on demolition. Where did the money go?
East side and southwest Detroit get bulk of early demolitions under Proposal N. Some residents want more transparency on costs and which companies are landing the work.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Inspector General found Detroit Elections deputy ‘abused’ authority
A Detroit Department of Elections employee distributed nominating petitions for City Clerk Janice Winfrey during work hours on city property.