Lester Graham

Mayor Duggan promised progress on lights, blight and buses and, by his office’s own count at least, there is progress.

Six months in, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is focused intently on improving city services, selling himself to residents and consolidating power within the bankrupt city. Can the honeymoon last?

A new poll shows Michigan voters outside of Detroit approve using state money to support the so-called “Grand Bargain” to bolster City of Detroit retirees’ pensions and protect the Detroit Institute of Art’s collection. Michigan Radio’s Lester Graham reports. The poll was commissioned by Michigan Radio and its partners in the Detroit Journalism Cooperative. It […]

For Detroit, municipal bankruptcy has made the world aware of what Michigan already knew: Detroit is broke. No matter how it turns out, bankruptcy is not going to change things very quickly. Detroit will still be broke. Lester Graham with Michigan Watch reports that’s going to force the city to get creative.

Michigan Radio is teaming up with a handful of other media outlets to look at Detroit’s bankruptcy and its aftermath. The Detroit Journalism Cooperative will spend the next year exploring Detroit’s future and what it means for the state. To successfully emerge from bankruptcy, Detroit has to find ways to cut spending and increase revenue. […]