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A preview of the 47th annual Detroit Jazz Festival | American Black Journal
The 47 th annual Detroit Jazz Festival takes center stage at downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza over the Labor Day weekend. In what has become a special yearly episode, American Black Journal previews the popular free event and gives viewers the first look at the Detroit Jazz Fe...
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Detroit school board appoints 25-year-old youth advocate as its newest member
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat . Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters . This story also appeared in Chalkbeat Detroit Jeremiah Steen, a 25-year-old philanthropist and youth advocate, joined the Detroit school board as its newest member Wednesday....
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Jocelyn Benson picks Winnie Brinks as running mate in Michigan governor race
Democrat Jocelyn Benson picks state Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks as her running mate and potential lieutenant governor Brinks led the Senate since 2023 and oversaw a flurry of new laws during Democratic control of state government. Republican candidate John James selected...
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Southwest Detroit students detained by ICE while traveling to summer job: ‘Their parents didn’t know where they were’
by Valery Ortiz Sanchez On June 24, twin sisters and rising seniors at Western International High School, Alexka and Angely Jerez-Medina, were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in Buffalo, New York, while traveling to a summer job, separating them from...
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Get trained to document local government meetings and get involved in Detroit
Learn to document public meetings next Wednesday, and apply to work or volunteer at the Detroit Public Theatre. Outlier Media · Lynelle Herndon · Get trained to document local government meetings and get involved in Detroit...
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Residents challenge timeline, vision at first Renaissance Center benefits meeting
Benefit talks have begun over a proposed $1.6 billion reconfiguration of the Detroit Renaissance Center and dozens of acres of riverfront land east of the iconic landmark – and the development team is vowing citywide outreach. Tuesday night was the first of nearly a dozen planned...
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Detroit museums to ask Wayne, Oakland voters to back 10-year millage
After years of financial hardship and stalled efforts, two longstanding Detroit cultural institutions are uniting to ask voters in Wayne and Oakland counties to support a joint operating millage in the Nov. 3 election. The Detroit Historical Society and Charles H. Wright Museum o...
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Renaissance Center redevelopment plan is making its official debut
Detroit Free Press is a partner and shares a reporter with BridgeDetroit. Stories shared are not under a paywall. Detroit Free Press The $1.6 billion-plus plan for redeveloping Detroit’s increasingly desolate Renaissance Center and then building a unique amenity-packed riverfront...
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Detroit’s home repair program is helping over 100 households already. Applications are set to open next month for more
The need is great in Detroit for home repair, with estimates suggesting it’s at least a billion-dollar problem. Outlier Media · Briana Rice · Detroit’s home repair program is helping over 100 households already. Applications are set to open next month for more...
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State canvassers approve Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics ballot language
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers largely retained the ballot proposal language Monday for an effort to bar political donations by monopoly utilities, including DTE Energy and Consumers Energy , and contractors doing significant business with the state. Last month, the canva...
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Voices: What Detroit’s flooding crisis reveals about building resilient Great Lakes cities
On a summer night in 2021, torrential rain overwhelmed Southeast Michigan. Nearly 6 inches fell in 24 hours. Freeways turned into rivers. Emergency crews conducted water rescues along I-94. Across Detroit and its inner suburbs, water surged through basement drains and windows, fi...