Malachi Barrett has highlights from the city’s 2025-26 budget. Plus, a breakdown of priorities that didn’t make it into the city’s latest spending plan.
Malachi Barrett
Malachi Barrett is a mission-oriented reporter working to liberate information for Detroiters.
Barrett previously worked for MLive covering local news and statewide politics in Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Detroit. He was named Michigan’s 2019 Newspaper Rising Star by the Associated Press. Barrett graduated from Central Michigan University in 2016.
Barrett lives in Detroit's Pingree Park neighborhood on the eastside with his wife. He's mostly from Battle Creek, but also lived in California, Wisconsin, West Virginia, South Carolina and Japan.
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Detroit City Council approves $3B budget for 2025-26
Budget deliberations ended Monday, with the council approving a spending plan and additional dollars for various projects.
Posted inCity Council Notebook, Election 2025
What Detroit candidates are saying
Malachi Barrett reports on developments in the city’s 2025-26 budget negotiations. Plus, the latest announcements and policy proposals from 2025 mayoral candidates.
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Detroit 2025-2026 budget hearings: What you need to know
Staffers with BridgeDetroit, Detroit Documenters and Outlier Media will offer summaries and key points from each of the hearings.
Posted inElection 2025, Political and Public Policy Information
Attorney Todd Perkins launches mayoral campaign as neighborhood warrior
Perkins is advocating for more affordable housing, reducing taxes for residents and businesses, supporting schools, expanding community centers and developing mass transportation networks.
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Detroit CFO’s retirement goes into effect amid budget talks
Jay Rising retired effective April 1. He is replaced by interim CFO Tanya Stoudemire, according to city spokesman John Roach, and Mayor Mike Duggan is recommending Stoudemire to take over the job permanently.
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Transit advocates press city to ‘double DDOT’
Malachi Barrett has the weekly update from City Council: Advocates want more budgeted for transit, rezoning for a new east side slider joint, solar project home purchases and more.
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Opioid settlement pays for Detroit treatment shelters
Three-year contracts were approved on Tuesday – a $1.2 million contract with Self Help Addiction Rehabilitation and an $806,436 contract with Second Chance 2000.
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Notebook: What Detroit’s mayoral candidates are saying
Thirty-two people requested petition forms to start collecting signatures to qualify for the August mayoral primary ballot.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
1 week left for Detroiters in Southwest to file flood damage claim
Residents whose homes, cars and property were damaged during a water transmission line break in February have until April 3 to file a claim.