City Charter allows Detroit 60 days to enact the proposal as a new ordinance or have the Election Commission determine whether the language can lawfully be placed on the ballot.
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 OKs $25M tax break to clean up contaminated Fisher Body Plant
Developers want to save the old factory from being demolished by building housing units and retail space supported with tax incentives.
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Could health inspection status hurt Detroit’s small businesses?
Patrons could see a restaurant’s inspection status before walking inside, but some businesses worry the proposed color-coded system could have unforeseen consequences.
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Security ‘beefed up 100%’ at Detroit absentee counting board after 2020 chaos
Detroit’s Central Counting Board is only accessible to election workers, poll challengers and media observers.
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Council approves $69M in ARPA contracts for housing, parks and demolition
A batch of contracts gained nearly unanimous approval and most, with Detroit’s council waiving its right to reconsideration, which sends them directly to the mayor to sign this week.
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Detroit council approves $60M Hudson’s tax break
The City Council narrowly agreed to give Bedrock a tax cut after the firm committed to additional community benefits.
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Council asks Duggan to fix, sell homes to middle-income Detroiters
A newly approved Detroit City Council resolution includes elements of a $203 million housing plan announced by the mayor last week.
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Duggan: Either Detroit ‘ghosts’ are real, or 2020 census is wrong
Detroit mayor said data from the U.S Postal Service and utility companies are potential sources of evidence that houses marked as vacant during the census are actually occupied.
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Audit finds decade of dysfunction in Detroit assessor’s office
Independent audit finds Detroit can’t prove assessments were accurate from 2010 to 2016, chronic staffing challenges, missing records and millions in unspent budget funds.
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Suburban voters may decide who represents Detroit in Congress
Detroit’s historically low turnout and an abundance of known candidates could shift voting power to the suburbs.