Mayor of Detroit
Watch live: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivers 11th State of the City address: Duggan is expected to focus on city neighborhoods in his speech and address ...
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Fake social media rendering of Detroit sign set expectations too high, Duggan says
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Detroit nets $1B affordable housing investment with East Jefferson development: Friday's landmark investment also comes on the heels of a recently approved $2 ...
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Here's who stands to benefit from Detroit's new $2.7B city budget: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said he expects to support the City Council's adopted version of the ...
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Bankole: Detroiters facing eviction deserve right to counsel: The coalition defending the rights of those getting evicted are demanding to be funded.
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan to deliver annual State of the City address, how to watch
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Lawsuit: Detroit Police Board 'sabotaged' attempts to close backlog of citizen complaints
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Detroit is set to host the NFL draft a decade after going bankrupt: Mayor Mike Duggan said the draft will be "a chance to reintroduce Detroit to America" 10 ...
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Detroit returns to investment-grade credit rating a decade after historic bankruptcy
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2024 NFL draft in Detroit: Road closures to begin Friday, unfold in phases: NFL draft road closures around downtown Detroit will include Jefferson Avenue and ...
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Packard Plant to be fully torn down by end of year, city to seek new auto supplier for site: Duggan
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Duggan $2.76B budget plan gives retiree bonus, boosts buses, fights homelessness: Mayor Mike Duggan proposed a $2.76 billion budget, a 5% rise to boost the ...
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Finley: Duggan polishes pitch for future race: Mike Duggan says he'll wait a few more months before deciding on his political future.
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Detroit wanted to spruce up downtown ahead of NFL Draft. Instead, we got deja vu | Opinion
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NFL Draft 'should have a lasting impact' on Detroit. Here's how the city is preparing
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Detroit mayor kicks off final phase of Packard Plant demolition: The city intends to preserve two structures on the site and solicit proposals for auto supplier ...
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President Joe Biden expands his campaign team in Michigan: Mike Frosolone will be President Joe Biden's campaign manager in Michigan. Alyssa Bradley will be his ...
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Southeast Michigan mayors, county leaders show support for water affordability legislation
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Detroit City Council OKs $210.7-million solid waste contract that will hike resident fees
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President Joe Biden, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan swap compliments in White House video
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Detroit property values climb 23% in 2023, marking seventh straight year of growth, officials say
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Detroit deputy corporation counsel Chuck Raimi resigns in letter criticizing city's top lawyer
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Detroit officials kick off construction on east-side air dome sports complex: City officials and Detroit residents celebrated the start of construction for the ...
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Detroit bus drivers to see $3 an hour raises, bonus increases under revised pact: If council approves, the Detroit Department of Transportation is increasing ...
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Duggan touts low homicides, development as population drivers at policy conference
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Joel Haashiim, 73, announces run for Detroit mayor: 'We have two different cities here'
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Quick Glance: New Candidate Announces Run for Detroit Mayor
- Another contender is planning to run for the position of Detroit mayor.
- Joel Haashiim, a former entrepreneur, is stepping up as a candidate after years to advocate for the community.
- Haashiim aims to create more higher-paying jobs, reduce crime, and establish a program for citizens after their incarceration.
- Haashiim believes that Detroit has not yet realized its full potential as an international city.
Familiar name will direct Joe Biden's reelection bid in Michigan: Biden’s campaign is announcing Ed Duggan’s hire as its Michigan state director Thursday as it ...
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Detroit pastor Charles Gilchrist Adams' life celebrated: More than 1,000 packed the legendary preacher's Hartford Memorial Baptist Church on Friday for a final ...
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Detroiters working full-time hits 13-year high, officials say: In September, the last month for which data is available, 237,099 Detroiters were working ...
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Louisiana Creole Gumbo to relocate up Gratiot to a new, full-service restaurant: One of the oldest Black-owned restaurants in Detroit, the original carryout-only ...
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Officials optimistic 2024 NFL Draft can best Super Bowl XL in economic impact in Detroit
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Detroit marks 200th mural in city project: The Jefferson Avenue addition celebrated Tuesday is part of work through City Walls, which aims to turn 'blight to ...
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Mayor Duggan touts economists' poll backing proposed Land Value Tax; critics unconvinced
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Mayor Mike Duggan flexes White House ties to drive money, aid to Detroit: Mayor Mike Duggan's relationship with President Joe Biden is no secret ...
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Second Avenue bridge in Detroit officially reopens: Federal, state and local leaders celebrated grand opening Friday for the first-of-its kind of span in the ...
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Detroit enacts ethics reforms following Free Press investigation: Twenty city officials appointed by the mayor must file new ethics disclosures ...
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Duggan introduces online calculator to demonstrate Land Value Tax Plan: The mayor tested the new online calculator at a community meeting Thursday ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/10/27/duggan-online-calculator-taxes-proposed-land-tax-plan/71327780007/
The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land: Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new ...
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'Dream come true': Detroit RiverWalk now stretches east to Belle Isle: The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy celebrated the grand opening of the Uniroyal Promenade ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/10/21/dream-come-true-detroit-riverwalk-now-stretches-east-to-belle-isle/71271189007/
Duggan's sweeping property tax proposal faces pushback from some Detroit City Council members
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Michigan House short votes needed to approve Duggan's tax reform plan: Michigan House Democrats pulled Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's land value tax plan from their ...
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J.P. Morgan Chase on Detroit: 'We want to be part of the city for another 90 years.'
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Detroit Pistons complete six-year plan to renovate 60 basketball courts: The Detroit Pistons held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their final new basketball court ...
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Detroit 'split tax' plan squeezes through House committee, heads to floor: A House panel advanced bills allowing Detroit to adopt a split tax plan ...
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Duggan on Detroit clean-up efforts: City looks 'unrecognizable' ahead of NFL Draft
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Mayor Mike Duggan tours auto show exhibits, weighs in on UAW-Detroit 3: Mayor Mike Duggan toured the 2023 Detroit auto show on Tuesday, focusing on the Detroit ...
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Owner appeals demolition order on Eastern Market building amid collapse: Preservationists wrote to Mayor Mike Duggan's office and members of the City Council ...
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Major Detroit developers differ on Duggan's plan to punish empty land, buildings: Major developers who own scores of empty properties in Detroit have mixed ...
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Detroit appoints first director of urban agriculture to work as liaison to city farms
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Detroit auto show's Charity Preview gets underway as UAW members hold rally nearby
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Chinatown controversy reflects Detroit's lack of ethnic enclaves, foreign-born residents
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Duggan proposes across-the-board property tax cut in Detroit to adjust rates: The Land Value Tax plan would reduce taxes an average of 17% for 97% of Detroit ...
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City Council President Mary Sheffield forms committee to run for Detroit mayor in 2025
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Don't bury Mike Duggan — he's not dead yet! Still, the race for mayor of Detroit is on.
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Detroit transit chief stepping down after 3 years on the job: Mikel Oglesby joined Mayor Mike Duggan's administration in May 2020, in the throes of the city's ...
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Detroit land bank program helping residents buy their homes surpasses milestone: More than 1,100 Detroiters have been able to buy back the home they occupy or ...
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Thompson: Detroit's facial recognition technology must go: As outrageous as the arrest is, so is the silence of Duggan, who has not held a press conference to ...
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/bankole-thompson/2023/08/13/thompson-detroits-facial-recognition-technology-must-go/70574758007/
Detroit police to use $3M in state funds to hire more officers, mental health responders
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/08/09/detroit-police-gets-3-1m-in-state-funding-for-25-new-officers/70557088007/
Detroit Mayor Duggan concedes 'winners and losers' in Land Value Tax plan: Mayor Mike Duggan's Land Value Tax plan is said to be on track for a vote in Lansing ...
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Q&A: Kevyn Orr talks Detroit bankruptcy, spats with Duggan and those $45 parking tickets
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Newly open Amazon Fulfillment Center employs 1,200+ people, mostly Detroit residents
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LeDuff: Bad math in land value tax won't lift Detroit: Mayor Duggan's land value tax plan won't work in Detroit where real estate isn't in high demand.
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/2023/08/15/leduff-bad-math-in-land-value-tax-wont-lift-detroit/70592396007/
Melvindale business faces 59 misdemeanor charges as Detroit cracks down on sign ordinance
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Detroit area leaders need to help resolve 'no-show bus crisis', report says: Transportation Riders United is urging leaders to get personally involved to solve ...
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LeDuff: Bankruptcy didn't save Detroit: Numbers tell a bleaker story about Detroit 10 years later.
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Detroit officials celebrate Amazon fulfillment center's opening on fairgrounds site
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Duggan wants to bring back 13th check for retirees, reverse some bankruptcy pension cuts
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Duggan: 'It's time for Detroit to take this step' toward solar energy: Mayor Mike Duggan introduced his plan to turn Detroit's vacant land into solar farms and ...
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Duggan wants to use vacant Detroit land for solar farms: Neighborhood groups and block clubs will be invited to apply to turn vacant parcels into solar farms in ...
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Q&A: Duggan talks bankruptcy, improved services and what's ahead for Detroit: Tuesday is the 10th anniversary of Detroit's bankruptcy. "I think in some ways it ...
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Thompson: Duggan shouldn't decide who succeeds him as mayor: It creates a kingmaker scenario in a political chess game, where those who plan to run will be ...
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Bob Carmack, Mayor Duggan's loudest critic, is headed for the fight of his life: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's loudest critic Bob Carmack is heading to trial after ...
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Biden adviser, Detroit officials celebrate $6M revamp of Roosevelt Park in Corktown
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Thompson: Detroit at crossroads with population loss: Reversing Detroit’s population decline will take more than what Duggan called a sweeping measure to ...
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/bankole-thompson/2023/06/15/thompson-detroit-at-crossroads-with-population-loss/70321208007/
Duggan splits up Detroit's top jobs in economic, workforce development: Detroit's economic and workforce development efforts were previously led by Nicole ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/07/14/detroit-workforce-economic-development-mayor-mike-duggan-hassan-beydoun-terri-weems-detroit-at-work/70414782007/
What's better and worse about Detroit's services a decade after bankruptcy: "I think in some ways (bankruptcy) helped and in some ways, it hurt ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/07/13/how-detroit-changed-city-services-one-decade-declaring-bankruptcy/70397528007/
'Something great': Gilbert, Whitmer, Duggan join public to salute Book Tower reopening
detroitnews.com/story/business/2023/06/08/book-tower-reopening-celebrated-with-dan-gilbert-whitmer-duggan-public/70303264007/
6 Detroit groups chosen as ShotStoppers to reduce gun violence: If Detroit neighborhood groups reduce crime in their zones by 10% they will receive more city ...
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LeDuff: Duggan's jobs, tax stats don't add up: Mayor's creative accounting depicts misleading picture of Detroit's health
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/2023/06/06/leduff-duggans-tax-stats-dont-add-up/70293616007/
LeDuff: 'Take down the dope house': Mayor Mike Duggan's proposed statewide property tax redo is thin on details, fat on spin doctors and power points.
detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/2023/06/13/leduff-take-down-this-dope-house/70314770007/
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