Some lawmakers want to increase school funding statewide by $1 billion to meet students’ growing needs. Here’s what could get priority.
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Proposed Detroit fugitive dust ordinance moves forward
Through BSEED, the city would have the authority to fine violators between $500 and $2,000, with higher fines for repeat violations.
Cannabis consumption is rising among young people. Here’s the impact on Detroit schools
Unintentional marijuana use is spiking among young children, while the district is dealing with hundreds of incidents involving weed and vape pens.
Odeneal: Students, you are the prize
A student’s success is a benefit to their livelihood and also to every program, organization, institution and employer they work with.
Detroit’s new transit center opens at old State Fairgrounds
The facility, at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, is named after Jason Hargrove, a DDOT bus driver who died from COVID-19 in 2020.
A Detroiter’s guide to urban composting
Here are some easy tips to get you started with composting while avoiding rodents and bad smells.
Artist jessica Care moore ready to take on new role as Detroit’s poet laureate
The multi-hyphenate moore – also an activist, recording artist, founder of book publishing company Moore Black Press, filmmaker and mother – is the city’s third poet laureate.
How Detroit People’s Food Co-op is uplifting Detroiters through food
Around three in four Detroiters may not have access to healthy foods regularly; the co-op is working to change that.
Are tax breaks for development ‘the best deal’ for Detroiters?
The likely struggle of the Hudson’s Detroit project to meet projected Detroit jobs and revenue is the latest large-scale project fueling the debate over the structure of tax-incentivized development.
Gleaners market-style food center planned for metro Detroiters in need
Construction for Gleaners’ new food assistance service in Warren is slated to begin this summer and the facility is expected to open early 2025.