Acknowledging a public backlash to a $1.6 billion plan to remake the Renaissance Center, a top official stresses that $350 million sought for the plan would benefit the public.
As Detroit’s most iconic skyscraper complex seeks a $1.6 billion rebirth, 24 hours in the Renaissance Center underscore what many have learned the hard way: It’s impossible to navigate. If you go, bring snacks and patience.
A familiar debate is brewing in Lansing and Detroit, as plans to transform the 5.5 million square-foot site hinge on money from taxpayers. Developers say the RenCen will molder and rot without support.
The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate.
Whitmer is seeking bipartisan cooperation on economic incentives and road funding in Lansing but warns proposed Trump tariffs could hurt the state’s auto industry.
Detroit needs skilled young workers to help power its growth, but more than a quarter of Detroiters age 16 to 24 are not going to school or working. Nonprofit groups are using federal money to re-engage 'the kids everyone forgot.'
Rituals can help us ride out acute grief and connect us to the deceased. For those in mourning, 10 locations in Michigan offer one of the most familiar rituals of all — a phone call.
Three-term Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced his campaign for governor as an independent Wednesday morning. His candidacy could leave Democrats with some agonizing decisions to make.
