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Illegal dumping continues in Detroit: How it happens and what's being done to fight it
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbout 700 tons — about the same weight as 20 humpback whales — of illegally dumped materials are...
Detroit advocates call for more transparency around city's new water affordability plan
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLongtime community advocates say the city of Detroit's new plan to address water affordability and...
TED's 2nd climate change summit is in Detroit next week
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe second TED Countdown Summit on climate change will be hosted in Detroit next week. The...
Line 5 activists urge Canadian Consul official to ‘avoid disaster’
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAn international delegation delivered a letter Tuesday to a Canadian consular official outlining...
Core City residents urge Detroit to rezone controversial concrete site
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCore City residents who successfully advocated against a concrete crushing facility are back with...
City Council districts gave Detroiters a point person, but feelings are mixed 10 years later
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPat Beard didn't even try to contact Detroit City Council members before the district model took...
Opinion: Ilitches up to old tricks with demolition of historic Detroit Chinatown building
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt's hard to argue with a pile of rubble. Last week, Chinese-American metro Detroiters, historic...
Longtime voting rights, education advocate Mildred Madison dies at age 97
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMildred Madison, whose grandparents were slaves and couldn't vote but who went to lengths to ensure...
Endorsement: Free Press Editorial Board's recommendations for Michigan House
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOur endorsements for House districts on the Aug. 2 primary ballot focus on competitive races — those...
Enviros push back on bills giving tax breaks to data centers
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAs legislation aimed at enticing data centers to set up shop in Michigan makes its way out of the...