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Core City residents with a "gift" for Mayor Mike Duggan opposing the proposed concrete crushing operation in their neighborhood.

"We will not be used as a sacrifice zone:" Detroit residents oppose concrete crushing facility

Sarah Cwiek

Residents of Core City say it would be an environmental injustice to put the heavy industrial site in their residential neighborhood. They’re pushing Detroit officials to deny the facility a permit.

Politics & Government

As funding dries up, how should the state pay for cleanup of polluted sites?

Stateside Staff

Each year the state of Michigan spends about $15 million to clean up abandoned industrial sites. Contamination can threaten water sources and public…

Blast at US Steel plant near Detroit kills worker

ECORSE, Mich. (AP) -United States Steel Corp. says an explosion at a plant near Detroit has killed one worker, and operations have halted while an…

Site that was to become movie production studio for sale again

Lindsey Smith

The largest portion of a former General Motors Plant in the Grand Rapids suburb of Walker is back up for sale. The more than quarter-million-square-foot…