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Detroit City Council member Saunteel Jenkins is resigning.Jenkins was first elected to Council in 2009. She was re-elected in 2013 as one of two at-large…

Most people in Detroit yesterday were understandably focused on the bone-chilling cold, on attempts to get the streets cleared of snow, and to get those…

Detroit’s elected leaders are shocked that the state has put a strict limit on how much it will pay for the city’s many restructuring consultants.Under a…

This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Emily Fox discuss the proposal to consolidate school districts into county-wide systems, the canceled…

Saunteel Jenkins replaces Charles Pugh as Detroit City Council President"Saunteel Jenkins is the new President of the Detroit City Council. The Council…

The Detroit City Council wants information from Mayor Dave Bing, and they say issuing a subpoena is the only way to get it.The Council voted Wednesday to…

The Detroit City Council is moving ahead to implement the city’s consent agreement with the state.The Council had delayed appointing its two members to a…

Detroit’s community access centers are one casualty of the city’s ongoing cost-cutting.The centers, also known as neighborhood city halls, get no funds in…

At an open meeting of the financial review team in charge of evaluating the city of Detroit’s finances, protesters on Monday afternoon interrupted the…