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Mayoral candidate Anthony Adams announced his bid for mayor in January. After his opponent’s State of the City address last night, the longtime Detroiter offers his own priorities for Detroit.
City Council guts plan to demolish 1,375 blighted Detroit homes.
U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell have gained support to temporarily halt water shutoffs during COVID-19 but water advocates are fighting for long-term water affordability and a permanent end to shutoffs.
Children need saving accounts, incarcerated people should have more apprenticeship opportunities and the state should offer families facing temporary financial woes lump-sum cash assistance.
The Wayne County Treasurer’s Office is offering new ways to pay down back tax debt, and expects to resume the tax foreclosure process this year.
Employees working from home are causing severe income tax losses for Detroit and other cities. Some say it is time for change.
A trio of Detroit residents — two white and one Asian American — say they’ve been denied the opportunity to live in a racially integrated community, and they’ve filed a lawsuit over it.
Detroit mayoral candidate Anthony Adams says it’s time to “change the whole notion of policing,” identifies poverty as a core concern for the city.
Detroiters can begin initiating the process to appeal their property tax values starting Feb. 1. Here’s what that means for homeowners.
Thousands of Detroit renters live in properties at risk of tax foreclosures, analysts warn.