Booming tourism in Traverse City and interest justifies daily passenger trains from Ann Arbor through stops to Up North, study shows.
Chastity Pratt
Chastity Pratt is a former reporter for Bridge.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Facing police shortage, Detroit seeks to stop new cops from jumping ship
For years, Detroit has trained police recruits only to watch them split for the suburbs. A proposed bill would require them to repay the city.
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Detroit finally has money to hire teachers. Good luck finding them.
Short on teachers and promising all schools can get gym and art classes next year, Detroit officials are traveling the nation to find teachers
Posted inTalent & Education
Getting past politics to give Michigan the schools it deserves
Education experts from Massachusetts, Tennessee and across Michigan gathered Thursday in Detroit to plot solutions to Michigan’s public school malaise.
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SE Michigan voters could see new mass transit plan on ballot in November
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans unveiled a new Southeast Michigan transportation plan after months of meetings with Macomb and Oakland county leaders
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Goodbye to Delray, the Detroit enclave residents are getting paid to leave
Detroit is offering new homes to residents to leave a tucked-away, forlorn corner of the city to make way for the Gordie Howe International Bridge
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Fond memories and burned homes: Slideshow
Once a haven for Hungarian immigrants, the slice of Southwest Detroit is hanging by a thread in the future home of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Explore the neighborhood through this slideshow.
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Duggan hits reverse, now supports Gretchen Whitmer for Michigan governor
A month after trying to woo other Democrats to run against Whitmer, Detroit’s mayor threw his enviable political muscle behind the party frontrunner
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Detroit council isn’t a stooge for Mayor Mike Duggan, its president says
Just because the Detroit City Council isn’t a laughingstock doesn’t mean its members are a rubber stamp for the mayor, Brenda Jones insists.
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As mass transit talks slow, will Wayne, Washtenaw counties go it alone?
A few weeks ago, a breakthrough was near for a regional transit plan in southeast Michigan. Now, talks have frayed, and some wonder if a smaller plan is better than none.