Detroit firefighters can’t catch break: Rig gets stuck, then breaks down
The Detroit Fire Department’s aging and battered ladder trucks have been breaking down faster than mechanics can fix them.
3-day freeze exposes severity of Detroit’s fire crisis – and it’s not pretty
We monitored every fire run since temperatures plummeted Tuesday evening, and what we found was troubling.
FBI: DPS official accused of stealing millions from kids
Agents swarmed the home and business of Carolyn Darden, who served as the district’s director of grants – a position that would have given her access to tens of millions of dollars.
Muckraker Alert: Road to bankruptcy paved in secrets, lies
When the smoke cleared, the politicians behind the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history were caught with their pants down.
What bankers will see on bus tour of troubled Brightmoor
Take a photo tour of one of Detroit’s most under-served communities.
Grass: Detroit is overgrown with negligence
Thigh-high grass has swallowed swaths of Detroit that now look more like prairies than neighborhoods. Dozens of parks that Mayor Bing pledged to maintain are a sea of green.
Bloomberg Writer: Detroit should sell artwork to more deserving city
“Great artworks shouldn’t be held hostage by a relatively unpopular museum in a declining region,” the columnist writes.
Gov. Snyder declares financial emergency in Hamtramck
A five-member review team reported that the city has run four consecutive budget deficits and began ignoring its long-term obligations, such as pension payments.
Detroit’s new EM: Pension trustees’ 22K trip to Hawaii is ‘monumental lapse of judgment’
Four of the city’s pension trustees billed taxpayers $22,000 to fund a convention trip to Hawaii this weekend, even as the city nears bankruptcy, largely over mismanaged, underfunded pension plans.
Day before filing deadline, Bing still unsure whether he’ll run for re-election – or is he?
Bing appeared to struggle when asked about his political plans during a press conference about the city’s finances today.