Mayor Duggan: Property tax bills to be substantially reduced
Detroiters have long complained that property taxes are outrageously because they’re based on assessments that far exceed the value of the property.
Mayor-elect Mike Duggan pledges to tackle fire epidemic, EMS times
Mike Duggan’s first move was nominating an interim fire commissioner with a strong background.
Second stage of demo begins on historic Brewster-Douglass project
The Brewsters are the nation’s first publicly funded housing project for black people.
Detroit’s top fire official, Don Austin, is resigning in wake of botched fire crisis
Fire Commissioner Don Austin routinely mishandled Detroit’s fire crisis.
24 eye-popping tweets about Kwame sentencing
The reactions ranged from offensive and salacious to insightful or idiotic.
Video: Demo begins on storied Brewster projects in Detroit
The project is the centerpiece of Bing’s plan to demolish 10,000 abandoned buildings in four years.
Crews to start tearing down Brewster housing projects
The former red-brick community was the nation’s first publicly funded housing project for black people.
Detroit investigates just 20% of suspicious fires, underreports arson
Failures in the Fire Department are prompting calls for Fire Commissioner Don Austin to retire.
Kwame from jail: ‘I am not guilty of any of these charges’
“The trial was not about these stated criminal counts, but something far more sinister,” Kilpatrick said.
Hiring of 100 Detroit firefighters stalled by outsourcing plan
Moving fire training to Livonia also is expected to make it more difficult for Detroiters to participate.