Motor City Muckraker to focus on education, Mayor Duggan’s administration in 2016
In 2015, we spent a year investigating Detroit’s beleaguered, mismanaged Fire Department, leading to reforms and the ousting of the top fire officials in 2015.
Michigan Land Bank contractor charged with falsifying bills for demo work
The charges come as city and federal officials investigate Mayor Mike Duggan’s handling of demolition contracts.
Ousted Detroit Land Bank director was drunk on job, stalked employee
The director was a close friend and political ally of Mayor Mike Duggan.
Detroit City Council approves Eric Jones as new fire commissioner
The former assistant police chief now has the authority to appoint new top brass to deliver on a pledge to clean up the beleaguered Fire Department.
Sinkhole opens up along two lanes of E. Jefferson in Detroit
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department appeared to be no hurry to prevent a sinkhole from opening up late Monday afternoon on East Jefferson near St. Jean.
More than 10,000 problems fixed through ‘Improve Detroit’ cell phone app
In a city that is large enough to fit Boston, Manhattan and San Francisco, it’s not easy for Detroit workers to find – and fix – thousands of problems that exist in many long-neglected neighborhoods.
Mayor Duggan Taps Gary Brown to Head Beleaguered Water Department
Gary Brown is a former police officer who entered politics after winning part of an $8.4 million whistleblower lawsuit against Detroit and former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Detroit plans to resurrect heart of once-booming Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley was a bustling entertainment and business district for black residents in Detroit from the 1920s to the 1950s until the area was paved over in the name of urban renewal.
How Mayor Duggan manipulates media about Detroit’s long-neglected fire crisis
Mayor Duggan continues to deny serious problems plaguing the fire department as his administration retaliates against whistleblowers and lies to the media.
Payback? Shepard Fairey’s iconic ‘Hope’ image of Obama gets a revamp
Duggan has waged a controversial war against street art and graffiti at a time when police can’t respond adequately to violent crime.