More than 8,000 residents responded to the Rise Higher Detroit survey — representing 39 of the city’s 46 ZIP codes.
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Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Housing, Political and Public Policy Information
Tenants’ lawyers say Detroit court is handling evictions wrong
Attorneys for the Detroit Tenants Union sent a letter to the 36th District Court asking for institutional changes.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Police commissioner Darious Morris accuses cops, unions of defamation
Morris filed a lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court on June 8 against the city of Detroit, the Detroit Police Department, two police unions and four officers, accusing them of defamation, libel and slander.
Posted inDetroit Thrive, Transportation
Judge makes decision in suit challenging Wayne County transit millage
A group of Wayne County residents challenged a transit millage, saying officials were not transparent. Here’s what a judge had to say about it.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information, Transportation
Wayne County transit millage explained: what it is, how much it costs
The Free Press recently spoke with officials from Wayne County, SMART and the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) about the proposed millage and how it will affect residents and taxpayers. Here is what to know:
Posted inPolice & Public Safety, Political and Public Policy Information
After teen is shot downtown, Detroit police stress curfew enforcement
It comes as city officials ramp up efforts to stem summer violence, offer teens safe evening activities, and keep youths from swarming downtown as they did earlier in the year, startling business owners and running into police.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Police & Public Safety
Mayor Sheffield announces Occupy the Summer programming
The new program will run for 10 weeks during the summer months and feature extended hours at nine recreation centers, neighborhood activations every Friday and the return of the popular Midnight Basketball program.
Posted inTransportation
Wayne County residents file lawsuit over transit millage meeting, ballot language
The suit, brought by Not Smart Wayne, alleges that defendants − including Wayne County officials and the regional transit provider, Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, or SMART − didn’t properly notify the public about a meeting and that the ballot language is “designed to confuse voters.”
Posted inDetroit Thrive, Health and Welfare
Diapers, food, rent: How Rx Kids has helped Michigan moms after birth
Rx Kids, a no-strings cash aid program for moms and babies, will be in more than 60 Michigan communities by summer. Mothers say it offers stability.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing, Political and Public Policy Information
Detroit demolition contractor Gayanga shutting down, suing city
Gayanga Co., the Detroit-based demolition contractor accused by city officials of using contaminated dirt to backfill properties and now at the center of a federal investigation, announced Thursday, May 7, that it is shutting down.