Detroit Journalism Cooperative

In Detroit, there are stirrings of job growth in the usual places, but data is still scant on improving prospects for most city residents.

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

A city’s quality of life can be hard to define, but a few steps forward could give Detroit residents a warm feeling about the future.

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?

Putting aside deep concerns about Detroit’s path, Michigan voters say the city’s recovery is too important to state’s future to ignore. Bipartisan majorities support state funding to help Detroit retirees and save DIA art.

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 […]

Detroit owes thousands of people, businesses and banks roughly $18 billion. Does it owe you? Scan the Bridge database for the names of city creditors and what they’re due.

A bankruptcy judge has yet to sign off on Detroit’s proposal for paying thousands of creditors. But there are signs of who is likely to benefit most when the bankruptcy dust settles.