Mayor Duggan’s nonprofit fund collects nearly $275,000
Check out who donated to Mayor Duggan’s nonprofit fund using our searchable database.
Finally! Detroit Fire Department to buy new aerial ladder trucks, squads, pumpers
Just days after Motor City Muckraker reported that the purchase of the rigs had become entangled in bureaucratic delays, the city gave the Fire Department the green light to begin accepting bids for new rigs this month.
Grosse Pointe Park blocks Detroit border – again – in violation of pact
Mayor Duggan’s administration wasted no time Sunday demanding that the road block be removed immediately.
Bureaucratic delays prevent purchase of desperately needed fire trucks in Detroit
“It’s ridiculous. We simply don’t have enough rigs to cover the city,” said Mike Nevin, president of the Detroit Fire Firefighters Association.
GOP lawmakers endanger children’s future with flawed bills for DPS
Everything you need to know about the state’s dangerous plans for DPS.
Land Bank defends hiring of $760-an-hour attorney in federal investigation
The Detroit Land Bank will spend up to $760 an hour for outside legal counsel during the federal investigation into the city’s massive demolition program.
3 questions Land Bank hasn’t answered about hiring law firms for investigation
When asked about hiring two outside law firms, including pricey powerhouse WilmerHale, city officials have clamped up.
Detroit taxpayers bilked out of $500,000+ for severances to silence a scandal
To avoid another scandal, a Detroit agency used $500,000+ intended for streetlights to pay off whistleblowers and the accused employees.
Detroit approves municipal IDs for immigrants, homeless and others
Detroit joins San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C. and a handful of other cities with municipal IDs for immigrants, homeless people and others who often don’t have state identifications.
DEGC refuses to provide public records to MC Muckraker under FOIA request
The tax-funded group that handles the sale of prime public property in Detroit has failed to turn over records as required under FOIA.