The City of Detroit has launched a two-year effort to shape development in the North End. But some worry that too much change has already happened.
Louis Aguilar
Louis Aguilar is BridgeDetroit’s senior reporter. He covered business and development for the Detroit News, and is a former reporter for the Washington Post.
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New life proposed for old Cooley High, but plan faces pushback
One of Detroit’s biggest empty former public schools has a potential buyer with a $37 million plan, but two school board members reject the group’s “strong-arm publicity tactics.”
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Duggan’s third term will see a drastically different Detroit City Council
Mayor Mike Duggan was a big winner in Tuesday’s election, but he will face a drastically different Detroit City Council in January.
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5 key things Detroit voters will decide this Election Day
Detroit voters will decide today on races for mayor and a scandal-plagued City Council, as well as ballot proposals involving magic mushrooms and whether to explore reparations.
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Southwest Detroit council district emerges as Latinx stronghold
In diverse District 6, another Latinx council member will represent. Will it be Gabriela Santiago-Romero or Hector Santiago?
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Detroit’s home repair crisis is even bigger than experts thought
More than 1 in 10 Detroit households need major home repair, a new report from the University of Michigan finds.
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Is the City right to shut libraries out of federal COVID aid?
Here’s why Mayor Mike Duggan says it can’t give the city’s public libraries any of the $826 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding Detroit will receive. But some aren’t so sure he’s right.
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How Detroit has spent American Rescue Plan Act funding so far
Here’s an update on how Detroit is spending a historic amount of $826 million in federal funding aimed at combating poverty and easing the financial strain of the pandemic.
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Spivey pleads guilty to a bribery charge, must resign seat
Eastside Councilmember Andre Spivey pleads guilty to bribery and says he introduced other City Council members to the person who bribed him.
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Fact-checking James Craig’s campaign launch speech
Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig formally launched his run for governor while touting an unfounded charge about “paid” protesters disrupting his event and by endorsing a costly, divisive audit of elections.