21+ hour, 48+ min ago   (697+ words) At last week’s Detroit Board of Police Commissioners (BOPC) meeting, District 1 Commissioner Henrietta Ivey — following an angry public comment directed at her from one of her constituents via Zoom — motioned to end all virtual public comments at BOPC meetings. Local…...

22+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1374+ words) From trainings to volunteering and paid gigs, find opportunities to get involved in Detroit every week — brought to you by the Detroit Documenters. The early birds who read this first can register to attend a hands-on business planning workshop at…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1166+ words) A group of Detroit tenants is hoping that a challenge to the way evictions are handled in court will dramatically improve housing conditions. Landlords warn this approach could destabilize the city’s already fragile rental market. They might both be right....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1596+ words) At Outlier Media, we field one question as much as any other: “Who owns my rental property?” Tenants want to know whether a potential landlord is trustworthy and who’s responsible for poor conditions in their home. Landlords can do background…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (783+ words) This story was written by Randiah Camille Green and created in partnership with the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation. It is part of a year-long series focusing on programs and pathways to good paying jobs and careers in Detroit. Walker-Miller Energy…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (658+ words) The meeting itself began 15 minutes late, around the same time that another documenter arrived and was told by a receptionist that the meeting was closed to the public — even though the other two Documenters were inside, taking notes and recording....

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (1166+ words) From trainings to volunteering and paid gigs, find opportunities to get involved in Detroit every week — brought to you by the Detroit Documenters. We’re wrapping up Black August with a few educational conversations on women political prisoners and the history…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (374+ words) Ironically, his position as head of the city’s Law Department creates complications for the investigation because he supervises the lawyer representing the Board of Ethics. The board’s executive director, Christal Phillips, told Outlier Media she considers it yet another conflict…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (277+ words) Detroit residents at the first Renaissance Center community benefits meeting had a resounding opinion on the project — it’s moving too fast. Some public commenters at Tuesday’s meeting also said the impact area is too small and should be opened up…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (619+ words) We liked our experiment last week, so we’re back with another Detroit Documenters-curated newsletter, focused as always on local government. Over the last year, we have stepped up our programming across the board. Documenters now report on about a dozen…...