Crossing the Lines: Highland Park values enclave status
Highland Park is an odd shape—a trapezoid to be exact. Its borders include West McNichols Road on the north side,...
Detroit Evening Report: DTE requests another rate increase
DTE Energy is requesting another large rate increase, just weeks after its last increase was approved. The Detroit utility is asking for another $474 million to pay...
Detroit Evening Report: Veterans Village opens in Detroit’s eastside
A new affordable housing project celebrated its grand opening this week. The Benjamin O. Davis Veterans Village on Detroit’s eastside...
The Metro: Why water rates keep increasing
On Wednesday, the Great Lakes Water Authority will vote on a nearly 7% water rate increase and a 6% sewer...
The Metro: Fined, profitable and raising your rates—a week of Michigan utility headlines, explained
Michigan's bitterly cold winter has many staring down high energy bills — the highest in the Midwest. These rising costs...
The Metro: A 93-year-old pipe flooded Southwest Detroit. Now GLWA wants historic rate hike
The price of water has been steadily rising in Southeast Michigan. Now, one of the steepest rate increases in the...
Detroit Evening Report: New tunnel under construction
The Great Lakes Water Authority says a new tunnel will divert excess stormwater from a sewer line along the Rouge...
Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn receives firearm safety grant
Dearborn’s Department of Public Health has been awarded a $101,000 grant to advance firearm safety. The Michigan Department of Health...
GLWA takes steps to reduce sewage backups in southwest Detroit
The Great Lakes Water Authority has started building a new tunnel in southwest Detroit. The project will divert excess stormwater...
Detroit Evening Report: Todd Bettison retained by Sheffield
Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield says she will retain Todd Bettison as the city’s police chief. In a statement released Tuesday, Sheffield praised Bettison’s results – citing Detroit’s record drops...
Detroit Council candidate Cranstana Anderson says she can represent struggling residents—she’s one too
It’s the home stretch for Detroit City Council candidates with election day only about a month away.On the city’s northeast...
The Metro: Repairing the broken water main in Southwest Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s been two weeks since streets and basements flooded on Beard...