Detroit Evening Report: Mayor Mike Duggan welcomes opening of arts and wellness center Convent Detroit

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and city councilmember Scott Benson held a press conference to officially open The Convent Detroit, a...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit voter turnout surpasses estimates, still lower than 2018 elections

Detroit election officials say they completed counting the nearly 165,000 ballots before 6 a.m. Wednesday. More than 80,000 of those...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan’s midterm election results so far

Tens of thousands of Detroiters cast their ballots Tuesday in Michigan’s general election. Results were slow to come in through...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan voters head to the polls on Election Day

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Detroit Evening Report: MI health department awards $7 million to control lead hazards in low-income communities

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has awarded $7 million in grants to curb and control lead...

Detroit Evening Report: DTE investing $9 billion in Michigan’s economy over the next decade

DTE Energy says it will invest $9 billion in Michigan’s economy over the next 10 years as it increases its...

Detroit Evening Report: Unemployment rate in Detroit matches 20-year low

Mayor Mike Duggan announced Thursday that the city of Detroit's unemployment rate has fallen to 7 percent, the lowest in...

Detroit Evening Report: Medical report finds Detroit police shot Porter Burks 19 times, family suing for $50 million

The family of Porter Burks, a Black man fatally shot during an early morning confrontation with Detroit police, is suing...

Detroit Evening Report: Gretchen Whitmer’s lead over Tudor Dixon shrinks in latest poll

A new poll from WDIV-TV and The Detroit News shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer maintaining a lead over Republican challenger Tudor...

Detroit Evening Report: Grand Rapids officer will stand trial in shooting death of Patrick Lyoya

Former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will stand trial for the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya last spring. Kent...

Detroit Evening Report: GOP candidate Kristina Karamo files lawsuit targeting Detroit’s absentee ballots

Kristina Karamo, Republican candidate for Michigan's secretary of state office, has filed a lawsuit challenging absentee ballots from Detroit. Karamo...

Detroit Evening Report: Newly built park in NW Detroit honors basketball star Curtis Jones

The first basketball court and event space of its kind has opened in a Detroit neighborhood. According to The Detroit...