Starting Tuesday, anyone within Detroit’s 313 area code will be required to use 10-digit dialing for all local calls as a new 679 area code is introduced.
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MDOT studying plan to create a fourth passenger rail route in Michigan
The proposed route would run east to west and would carry passengers across the Lower Peninsula, connecting Holland and Grand Rapids with Detroit.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Belle Isle among state parks that could shut down without Michigan budget deal
Michigan must pass a budget by Oct. 1 to avoid a government shutdown and resulting closures or access limitations at state parks like Belle Isle.
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Poll worker pay gaps pose challenges for Michigan election officials
Just a short drive away, the compensation for a day of election work can be $100 higher or more. But the perks and camaraderie keep many public servants in their own community.
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Gretchen Whitmer: National Guard deployment in Detroit ‘unwarranted’
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she will not ask Trump to deploy the National Guard in Detroit to combat crime, calling the move ‘unwarranted.’
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Michigan GOP governor candidates: We’d welcome National Guard in Detroit
City officials oppose the move that was brought up first by Vice President JD Vance
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JD Vance in Michigan: Trump will send National Guard to Detroit if Whitmer asks
Vice President JD Vance offered to send National Guard troops to Detroit in a speech touting the Trump administration’s new tax-and-spending law. Bridge checked key facts from speeches by Vance and others.
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Wayne State President Kimberly Andrews Espy resigns after 2 years at helm
The Detroit university’s Board of Governors is expected to meet on Wednesday to accept the resignation, consider next steps.
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Free screening of new documentary about Great Lakes’ underwater secrets
The Detroit premiere of ‘All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes,’ a new documentary that reveals the hidden beauty and threats to the Great Lakes, is set to screen for free at the Detroit Film Theatre.
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Why Trump isn’t sending troops to Detroit, yet
Mayor Mike Duggan says Trump is not focused on Detroit crime or immigration because the city is working with his administration.