Mayor Duggan spent $1.2 million on his re-election bid since November, shelling out money to more than 225 people, including his son and an ex-felon, for work ranging from canvassing neighborhoods to conducting telephone polls.
Duggan’s fundraising prowess raises serious questions about his influence with outsiders and those who have contributed heavily to Republican candidates, including Donald Trump, Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan Republican Party.
Beloved firefighter Kevin Ramsey died after fighting a fire in a vacant apartment and then a store on Detroit’s east side.
Yet another billionaire has been given preferential treatment over lower-income residents in Detroit.
The Great Lakes Water Authority is spying on water shutoff protesters and passing along counterintelligence to Wayne State University, Motor City Muckraker has confirmed.
Billionaire Dan Gilbert admitted his company’s controversial ad “was tone deaf, in poor taste and does not reflect a single value or philosophy that we stand for.”
Police removed Meeko Williams from a public park on the 50th anniversary of the 1967 rebellion.
Many black and Latino residents are asking billionaire Dan Gilbert and his company today, “Is this really how you see Detroit?”
Workers on forklifts were still in the building when the fire broke out.
Many of the fires spread to adjacent structures, and at least two rigs broke down.