Detroit

The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate.

Whitmer is seeking bipartisan cooperation on economic incentives and road funding in Lansing but warns proposed Trump tariffs could hurt the state’s auto industry.

Detroit needs skilled young workers to help power its growth, but more than a quarter of Detroiters age 16 to 24 are not going to school or working. Nonprofit groups are using federal money to re-engage 'the kids everyone forgot.'

Rituals can help us ride out acute grief and connect us to the deceased. For those in mourning, 10 locations in Michigan offer one of the most familiar rituals of all — a phone call.

Three-term Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced his campaign for governor as an independent Wednesday morning. His candidacy could leave Democrats with some agonizing decisions to make.

Tate, 43, filed paperwork on Nov. 21 that allows him to begin collecting campaign donations for the 2025 election.

Bedrock and General Motors Co. announced the conceptual plan to redevelop the 27-acre site along the Detroit riverfront as a “right-sizing."

The mayor’s decision to leave office after his term expires in 2025 clears the field for an open race to succeed him.

Undocumented immigrants account for about 1.3% of Michigan’s population, according to a 2022 estimate.

‘It’s a vibe check every day,’ as candidates make their final push for votes in Detroit and Michigan.

Michigan’s largest city is predicting higher-than-usual voter turnout, which could foreshadow big numbers statewide.

Tuesday’s results could come at the margins, a few thousand votes here and there in Detroit, the suburbs, rural Michigan and Ottawa County.

Both major party presidential candidates campaigned in Detroit this weekend as early in-person voting began in Michigan's largest city.

Voters approved nine days of early voting in 2022. Detroit, East Lansing and Canton are taking advantage of an option to offer more days.

Kamala Harris returned to Detroit touting her new plan for Black men, the first of a slew of Michigan stops she and Donald Trump will make this week

Put Progress First was incorporated as a Michigan nonprofit in June 2023 by an attorney who worked on Duggan’s past mayoral campaigns.

Donald Trump warned "our whole country will end up being like Detroit” if Kamala Harris is elected — “a mess” — while speaking to the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday.

Michiganders should prepare for some disappointment as they’re booking camping sites for next season. Over a dozen of the state’s campgrounds and day-use areas will be closed for some or all of the 2025 season.

In a dramatic expansion, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health adds eight Ascension hospital properties to its network to become a $12 billion health-care giant in an increasingly consolidated landscape. The venture includes all of Ascension's southeast Michigan and Genesys health-care facilities.

Detroit Bishop Charles H. Ellis III was mistakenly named as a supporter of President Donald Trump. He’s backing Kamala Harris.