Detroit mayor expands on State of City address
DETROIT – We’re on the cusp of welcoming easily 300,000 people to Downtown Detroit as the NFL Draft rolls into town this week. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan made it clear in his State of the City address last week he views this as a relaunch of Detroit and how it’s perceived in the national consciousness. […]
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Detroit mayor talks crime numbers, 2024 agenda
DETROIT – Detroit city leaders feel like it’s off to a good start on the crime front. New numbers were released last week showing big drops in violent crime in Detroit. We can’t really compare crime rates to years past, because Detroit is a much smaller city than it once was. But year over year, […]
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Flint mayor discusses city’s reaction after water crisis results in no convictions
DETROIT – Next year will mark the 10 year anniversary of the start of the Flint water crisis. The city that has certainly had enough of being kicked around absorbed one more blow last week. What some of us had long suspected is now official — the prosecution in the Flint water crisis is done. […]
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Alaska Emerges as Flashpoint for Climate Change, Politics | #alaska | #politics
This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a digest of our top commentary published every Sunday. New subscribers to the newsletter can sign up here; follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook. Alaska holds a special place in the American psyche. An incomprehensibly vast mass of cold unknowns, it is the least-visited state by Americans due in large […]
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