Michigan sent 27,000 taxpayers incorrect notices, including ‘alarming’ letters claiming owed taxes paid. Weeks later, the state is still working to correct the errors.
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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 inEducation, Transportation
Detroit made buses free for students, but getting to and from school is still hard
The Sheffield administration has promised fixes by the fall.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Housing
Consultants to drill down on rental unit accessibility for Detroiters with disabilities
The one-year contract with Massachusetts-based KMA, LLC., will allow the city to examine accessibility for residents with varying abilities at up to 20 buildings with rental housing.
Posted inEducation
Detroit schools are making real gains in reading and math: 4 strategies that are working
Administrators say after years of struggle, the district is finally moving the needle, and the data bears that out.
Posted inHousing, Jobs & Economic Development
Detroit fuels Michigan population gain. See new Census numbers for your town
Detroit added more than 5,000 residents for the second year in a row, but some other communities lost ground, according to new US Census estimates. Use our searchable database to look up your town.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Jobs & Economic Development
Should Detroit boost transparency in data center discussions?
Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson convened the cross-sector workgroup last month to share feedback on zoning policy for future data center developments in Detroit amid an explosion of interest and concern nationally.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Political and Public Policy Information
Detroit’s water affordability crisis is tied to the uneven distribution of stormwater management costs – a fraught history explains why
Utility bills are the primary source of revenue for public water and wastewater systems. Yet both the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, or DWSD, and GLWA are caught in what utility experts call an affordability gap.
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.