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Trump deportation plans could impact Detroit immigrants, Latinos
Nov 8, 2024 · Agencies serving and resettling immigrants in Detroit are preparing for the worst as Trump wins a second term in the Oval Office.
Moms are getting cash each month to ease financial troubles.
Dec 8, 2024 · Brooklyn Washington, 3, gets a drink from the refrigerator as her mother Shaquille Washington, 31, braids the hair of Jordyn Hardin, 9, in her apartment at Commonwealth Village on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Jackson, Mississippi. Credit: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press Health and Welfare Moms are getting cash each month to ease financial troubles. Does it work?
Detroit journalist Stephen Henderson leaves WDET
Nov 20, 2024 · After nearly a decade on air every day, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Henderson announced Wednesday he is leaving Detroit’s public radio station. His show “Created Equal,” a daily examination of the tensions between inequality and opportunity in America, will be discontinued, according to a statement from WDET-FM. Henderson said in a statement on social media that he chose to ...
Detroit mayor race wide open after Mike Duggan won't run again
Nov 13, 2024 · Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will not seek reelection to a fourth term, setting up a major political shift in Michigan’s largest city. Duggan, first elected in 2013 as Detroit’s 75th mayor, thanked city leaders and employees for their efforts and support at the Erma Henderson auditorium on Wednesday. He outlined a vision for his final year in …
Detroit Police Chief James White gets new job
Oct 16, 2024 · Detroit Police Chief James White was unanimously chosen to serve as the mental health authority’s next CEO.
Nonprofit backing Mike Duggan's leadership sparks political interest
Oct 14, 2024 · A nonprofit organization formed to position Mayor Mike Duggan as a statewide leader could hint toward the longtime Detroit leader’s political future, pundits say. Duggan is widely considered a likely candidate for Michigan governor in 2026, though he has repeatedly fended off questions about his plans. Duggan, whose third term as mayor will end in 2025, said he will make an announcement ...
Longtime Detroit businesses can get grants from new $500,000 fund
Nov 21, 2024 · Grant funds can be used for a wide variety of uses, including product inventory, equipment and technology, furniture and interior decor, building repairs and renovations, design work, marketing, legal fees and consulting.
Need for food assistance is high. What you can do to help
Dec 21, 2024 · Pantries and nonprofits have reported high levels of need all year and that’s growing in the winter. Agencies say they need volunteers, warm clothes and money. The Free Press talked to four agencies to find out what they need, why the need is acute and how readers can help. Capuchin Soup Kitchen What they need: Monetary donations, winter gear (hats, gloves and gently used coats) and ...
Some Michigan businesses fear worst from new sick time law. Will ...
Aug 25, 2024 · Nearly all workers in Michigan will be covered under a new paid sick leave law that takes effect in February 2025 The Michigan Supreme Court made the change along with a recent change to minimum wage, reversing a 2018 legislative action Business leaders want changes and say Michigan’s rule would be the most stringent in the U.S.