Detroit mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim talks pollution enforcement, utility shutoffs, flooding, why he opposes neighborhood solar developments, and more with Planet Detroit.
Election 2025
Posted inElection 2025, Environment
Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins says she’ll work for city’s most vulnerable
Detroit mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins talks environmental impact, utility affordability, public transit, public health, ICE, the Office of Sustainability, and the tree canopy with Planet Detroit.
Posted inElection 2025, Environment
Fred Durhal III on fixing Detroit’s flooding problem: ‘I’ll be very aggressive’
“It’s going to take a lot of funding,” Detroit mayoral candidate Fred Durhal III says of upgrading the city’s infrastructure to combat flooding.
Posted inElection 2025
This election day, will Detroit merge church and state?
Kinloch’s candidacy comes at a time when people have been questioning the effectiveness and importance of the Black church.
Posted inEducation, Election 2025
‘Fight for the future’: Why education has become a key topic in Detroit’s mayoral race
While Detroit’s mayor doesn’t have control or oversight of schools, the person elected in November will need “political will” to create cohesion in the city’s schools.
Posted inElection 2025
Detroit City Council at-large candidates discuss public safety, land bank, more at BridgeDetroit forum
Eight people are running, including both incumbents, Mary Waters and Coleman Young II. Two will move on past the primary.
Posted inElection 2025, Political and Public Policy Information
Could Detroit finally have its first female mayor?
Detroit is an outlier among major cities in never having had a female mayor. Three candidates in next week’s primary are vying to change that.
Posted inElection 2025
What Detroit mayoral candidates say on housing, safety, taxes and neighborhoods
Here’s an overview of what each candidate stands for and what they’ve said about three key issues identified by voters.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Election 2025
Who’s funding the mayoral race? Not Detroiters.
Detroit’s nine mayoral candidates have raised $3 million combined. The vast majority of that sum (72%) has come from people who don’t claim Detroit addresses.
Posted inElection 2025
See who’s funding Detroit’s top mayoral contenders
Sheffield collected the most in donations, spent the most and has the most cash left to spend as of July 20.