Is Detroit’s population loss bottoming out?

Is Detroit’s population loss bottoming out?

The unprecedented exodus from Detroit in the past decade is slowing down, a sign that efforts to draw new residents is working, the Associated Press reports. Detroit shocked the nation when the decennial Census showed the city lost 25% of its population, which dropped to 714,000. It’s unclear what caused the slowdown, but officials in […]

City postpones sale of iconic Lafayette Towers

City postpones sale of iconic Lafayette Towers

The iconic, hulking Lafayette Towers in Detroit won’t go on the auction block Wednesday because the city of Detroit has postponed the sale, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. City officials want to find a responsible owner who won’t let the twin high-rises fall into foreclosure like they did in February. Built in […]

State raping Detroit? Kenyatta says so.

State raping Detroit? Kenyatta says so.

Tempers flared today after Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta suggested the state was anally raping the city. Kenyatta was urging his colleagues to stop participating in the state intervention, “rather than continuing to pull your pants down without Vaseline and allowing the folks to do what they’re doing to us.buy bactroban online https://jersey-hemp.com/wp-content/languages/new/online/bactroban.html no prescription […]

Charlie LeDuff golfs 18 miles through Detroit in poignant video

Charlie LeDuff golfs 18 miles through Detroit in poignant video

It may be Charlie LeDuff’s whackiest idea yet. And maybe his best. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer-turned-TV-sensation golfed 18 miles – from 8 Mile Road to Belle Isle, teeing off on cracked streets, abandoned factories and overgrown fields. During the trek, shown on a nearly 11-minute video aired on Fox 2, LeDuff meets struggling Detroiters trying […]

DPS Chief: Class sizes won’t reach 61 students

DPS Chief: Class sizes won’t reach 61 students

Detroit Public Schools won’t come anywhere close to the reported class sizes of 61 students, DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts assured City Council this morning. Roberts also said the long-struggling district should be deficit-free by 2016. Roberts dismissed fears that classes would bulge to 60 or more students, saying he has a plan to limit […]

Video pokes fun at Verlander’s relationship with Upton

Video pokes fun at Verlander’s relationship with Upton

The Internet is abuzz over rumors of a budding relationship between Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander and model Kate Upton. In one of the latest examples of the craze, a YouTube.com video pokes fun at the pair in song. Some fans are worried the news is a distraction to one of baseball’s best pitchers.buy diflucan online https://taxmama.com/wp-content/forum/styles/new/engl/diflucan.html no […]

Forbes writer amazed by Detroit’s progress

Forbes writer amazed by Detroit’s progress

The Detroit of the 1980s is nothing like today’s city. So says Forbes writer Joann Muller in a beaming story about the city’s progress since she first moved to Detroit nearly three decades ago. Muller was thrilled to see Woodward Avenue teeming with people and occupied buildings. “In any other city, this would be unremarkable,” she wrote. […]

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