Detroit officials are demanding that federal immigration agents stop high-speed chases through residential neighborhoods after two recent pursuits left two immigrants seriously injured and damaged a resident’s property.

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About 85% of the rental properties in Detroit are owned by landlords with no legal right to collect rent, a discovery that could upend thousands of eviction cases, according to a coalition of housing attorneys and tenant advocates. 

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Stephen Henderson’s recent analysis of Mayor Mary Sheffield’s budget captures Detroit’s fiscal reality with unusual clarity: the city is making real progress on bonded debt, but rising pension costs and a dysfunctional tax structure leave policymakers with “no way out, few ways up.”  That diagnosis is right. The conclusion is not.  Detroit does have a […]

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Detroit City Councilwoman Mary Waters is making another run for Congress, setting up a rematch with U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in a Democratic primary that has put a spotlight on Israel’s war with Gaza.

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