Bre'Anna Tinsley is a reporter for Detroit Public Radio, 101.9 WDET. She covers city government and housing, as well as co-hosting the "Detroit Evening Report" podcast. She graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Bachelors in Journalism. She also is a licensed real estate agent. Fun fact: her great-grandmother was Detroit blues singer Alberta Adams.

Detroit Evening Report: Silence the Violence march returns to Detroit; calls for end to gun violence

The organization End Gun Violence Michigan is continuing its Silence the Violence Month of Action campaign with a Memorial March...

DTE Energy is building the region’s largest battery energy storage center at old Trenton coal plant

DTE Energy announced Monday it will build a battery energy storage facility at the recently retired Trenton Channel coal plant.DTE...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan students’ access to school counselors among worse in the nation, report finds

Michigan’s school counselor to student ratio is more than double the number of what is recommended, according to a report...

Detroit Evening Report: Mayor Duggan, Detroit Police Chief White call for bolstering mental health services at Mackinac Policy Conference

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Police Chief James White asked state leaders at the Mackinac Policy Conference to address Michigan’s...

Detroit Evening Report: New space donated to Detroit PAL; Merit Park facility breaks ground and more

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report, we cover a new office space donated to the Detroit Police Athletic...

Detroit Evening Report: Many Michiganders spending too much on rent, U-M study finds

A quarter of renters in Michigan are spending more than 50% of their total income on rent, according to a...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s population growth; return of the Belle Isle giant slide and more

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report, we cover Detroit's population growth, the return of the giant slide on...

Most US jobs are too boring, recent study shows

A new study published this month in the Journal of Business and Psychology found that the U.S. has a lot...

Hamtramck completes housing for families displaced by I-75 construction in the 1960s

A class action lawsuit filed in 1968 against Hamtramck for displacing a Black neighborhood for the construction of the I-75...

Detroit Councilwoman Calloway is calling for a ban on cannabis billboards

Detroit City Council member Angela Whitfield Calloway is asking for the city to limit the number of cannabis billboards allowed...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit developer constructing single-family homes in East Village

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is praising a new development of single-family homes in the city’s East Village neighborhood. Subscribe to...

Detroit’s Project Clean Slate celebrates 10,000 expungements for residents

Thousands of Detroit residents had their criminal records completely wiped clean thanks to Project Clean Slate. Created by Mayor Mike...