Councilman got wish: Historic club gutted
An effort to save the historic University Club would devolve into a discussion of slave institutions and the Holocaust.
AG: Hands off DIA artwork, not for sale
Schuette concluded that the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts must be preserved because it’s held “in charitable trust for the people of Michigan.”
Supreme Court asked to take Duggan's case
Mayoral candidate Tom Barrow filed a request this morning to move the case to the top court and bypass the appellate court.
Photos: Scavenging for scrap metal
Who are the scrappers? They are laid-off autoworkers, drug addicts, high school dropouts and others trying to get by.
Mayoral candidate Duggan not out yet
With Duggan out, at least temporarily, the face of the mayoral race has changed dramatically.
Scrapping industry fights off new reforms
Scrappers are stealing manhole covers, sewer grates, church bells, copper roofs, catalytic converters, transformers and virtually anything else made of metal.
Public, media forced out of EM meeting
Although Orr and his advisers were warned that as many as 1,000 Detroiters may show up, they held the event in a cramped, 250-seat venue at Wayne State University.
Firefighter’s serious injuries elicit cold response from commissioner
While doctors tended to a seriously injured firefighter, Fire Commissioner Donald Austin had budget dollars on his mind, according to a complaint.
Confidential records litter vacant buildings
The files contain social security numbers of rape victims, missing people, students, patients and cooperating witnesses to crimes.
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.