Gov. Snyder prevented release of lead test results at schools, e-mails suggest
Gov. Snyder ordered state officials to withhold alarming evidence that Flint schools had dangerous levels of lead in their drinking water, according to new e-mails.
Here’s what happened to 58 vacant schools taken over by Detroit
The city of Detroit took possession of 58 vacant, blighted DPS schools that were left to languish as they were gutted by scrappers under the control of the state.
Shootout in Cass Corridor prompts school lockdowns; shooter on the loose
The shootout occurred on a block that is being redeveloped.
Detroit schools riddled with rodents, mold, broken toilets, fire hazards, no heat
The sobering discovery comes after Mayor Mike Duggan began requiring inspections of all 97 schools in the Detroit Public Schools system.
Mayor Duggan pledges to inspect all 97 DPS school buildings for health violations
State officials have been slow to correct health violations that include mold, structural issues, fire and electrical hazards and a lack of heat.
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.
9 ways scrappers are destroying Detroit area
Scavengers are wreaking havoc for a small treasure of scrap metal.
Police catch girls, ages 11 to 13, trying to burn down vacant Detroit school
Police were shocked to find four girls setting fires inside the vacant Van Zile School.
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.
Thousands of books discarded in Detroit schools, libraries
Vacate a building. Leave everything behind. That’s the Detroit way.