Detroit Journalism Cooperative

High taxes, low wages, yet the City of Detroit still drowns in debt. Here’s why the city faces long odds even after shedding bankruptcy debt.

Bankruptcy could offer an opportunity to trim taxes for the city’s beleaguered residents, who pay some of the highest income, utility and property taxes in the state.

Detroit is in the middle of the pack among the 51 international cities studied for how much of a tax burden they place on businesses.

Who gave Mayor Duggan $1 million? A Detroit Journalism Cooperative donation database answers this question and others.

Mayor Kilpatrick’s civic fund helped put him in prison. Gov. Snyder’s NERD fund brought only regret. But Mayor Duggan says his fund will be different.

The state-created board may be larger than necessary, but it has the funding to run its own numbers, rather than relying on the city to turn over information.

Set a goal, control the numbers, trumpet the results. That’s been Mike Duggan’s leadership playbook for two decades. Has he pushed his luck with Detroit?

Should we stay or should we go? A reporter’s notebook on living with crime in Detroit.

Detroit’s patchwork of traditional public and charter schools can be confusing to parents looking for a good fit. The resulting chaos led a group of parents to share information on promising schools.

Optimism is beginning to percolate across much of the city, as a can-do mayor attempts to make good on bold promises. Hard numbers are more difficult to come by.