
Detroit Park Caught In Middle Of Bridge Fight
by: Pat BatchellerRiverside Park sits in the shadow of the Ambassador Bridge. Amid rumors of a deal between the city and the bridge's owner, friends of the park fight to save it.
Riverside Park sits in the shadow of the Ambassador Bridge. Amid rumors of a deal between the city and the bridge's owner, friends of the park fight to save it.
Homeowners need only put 10% down to enroll in a back-taxes payment plan.
Detroit is using the Washington DC – based company Transit Labs to take a systematic approach to improving bus service.
Only a few months after Detroit’s exit from bankruptcy some of the city’s elected leaders are pushing for a pay increase.
Today on MiWeek, Christy McDonald, Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson sit down with Mayor Mike Duggan at the Detroit Policy Conference to talk about tackling the city’s biggest challenges and the role of regional cooperation in shaping the future of Detroit.
The Mayor's proposed budget predicts the city's general fund revenues will hit more than $1 billion in both 2016 and 2017.
Detroit officials are pledging to post crime statistics and financial transactions online in an effort to make the city’s government more transparent.
Have you seen improvements in Detroit neighborhoods? Hosts Stephen and Christy are joined by guests to discuss and react to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's State of the City address.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says his administration is launching new job training and loan programs designed to make the city a more attractive place to live.
Mayor Duggan announced plans for a new academy that allows high school students to receive EMS and firefighting training.
Now that Detroit is out of bankruptcy, where does Mayor Mike Duggan want to take the city? WDET’s J. Carlisle Larsen reports that Duggan listed some ambitious goals in his annual State of the City address.
Duggan talked about key issues during the speech, including crime, blight, auto insurance rates, parks and the need to make sure Detroit youth are educated and have opportunities for well-paying jobs.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan joined Council President Brenda Jones for a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new restaurant in Northwest Detroit today.
Bankole sits down for a panel discussion ahead of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's State of the City speech to examine the state of the city, what improvements have been made, and what issues still need to be addressed before Detroit can move forward.
A majority of residential city properties will experience 10-20% decreases in property value.
The goal is to boost home ownership in the city.
Detroit officials are proposing to give current and retired city workers 50 percent off of the price of a home bought at a Land Bank auction. But Mayor Mike Duggan adds that many home buyers in Detroit have had trouble securing mortgages.
This week marks a new start of sorts for Detroit, now newly-emerged from the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.
The city of Detroit is officially emerging from bankruptcy. But Detroit still faces significant financial hurdles…
With his 18-month term set to expire this week, Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has signed an agreement to transfer the vast majority of his control over government to the Mayor and City Council.
The emergency manager overseeing Detroit is transferring control of the city’s government back to its elected officials.
Officials in Detroit are crafting a deal to keep a state-appointed emergency manager in charge of the city’s efforts to exit the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy.
The city of Detroit has reached a historic agreement with its suburbs to create a regional water authority.
WDET is examining Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s first six months in office. To get a sense of how a candidate plans for success and how they go about implementing such a strategy when elected, WDET’s Travis Wright spoke with former Mayor Dennis Archer.
When Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan took office in January, he implored city residents to give him six months to improve city services. While running for office one of the campaign promises Duggan made was to establish a city-owned auto-insurance company to address the issue of very high rates for residents. As WDET’s J. Carlisle Larsen reports, the administration has touted this service, but it has taken a backseat to other concerns in the city.
DDOT has hired more mechanics to fix its aging bus fleet, and more buses are running. But riders say service is still slow in many cases.
Listeners call in with their opinions about the work that Mayor Mike Duggan has done during the first six months of his term.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says he wanted to make changes during his first six months in office that attracted new residents and maintained a stable tax base. But some current residents say the initiatives undertaken by the Mayor are producing mixed results…
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is celebrating state lawmakers passing a series of proposals designed to help the city emerge from bankruptcy.
This year's effort is divided by council district, starting in Northwest Detroit.
It's the first 100 days of Brenda Jones and Mayor Mike Duggan working at the helm of the city of Detroit. Bankole Thompson, WDET's Senior Political Analyst, calls the cooperative relationship between the two a "tag team."
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has also announced a partnership with community groups -- who are "adopting" more than 65 parks across the city.
Mayor Mike Duggan was in Detroit's Marygrove neighborhood on Wednesday to announce a streamlined approach for targeting and then either demolishing or acquiring neglected properties. WDET's Travis Wright was there.