Urban Affairs

Detroit is in the middle of the pack among the 51 international cities studied for how much of a tax burden they place on businesses.

Who gave Mayor Duggan $1 million? A Detroit Journalism Cooperative donation database answers this question and others.

Mayor Kilpatrick’s civic fund helped put him in prison. Gov. Snyder’s NERD fund brought only regret. But Mayor Duggan says his fund will be different.

The state-created board may be larger than necessary, but it has the funding to run its own numbers, rather than relying on the city to turn over information.

How are Detroit's buses running these days? We asked the people who depend on them day after day.

Set a goal, control the numbers, trumpet the results. That’s been Mike Duggan’s leadership playbook for two decades. Has he pushed his luck with Detroit?

Should we stay or should we go? A reporter’s notebook on living with crime in Detroit.

Detroit’s patchwork of traditional public and charter schools can be confusing to parents looking for a good fit. The resulting chaos led a group of parents to share information on promising schools.

Optimism is beginning to percolate across much of the city, as a can-do mayor attempts to make good on bold promises. Hard numbers are more difficult to come by.

In Detroit, there are stirrings of job growth in the usual places, but data is still scant on improving prospects for most city residents.

Mayor Duggan promised progress on lights, blight and buses and, by his office’s own count at least, there is progress.

A city’s quality of life can be hard to define, but a few steps forward could give Detroit residents a warm feeling about the future.

Six months in, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is focused intently on improving city services, selling himself to residents and consolidating power within the bankrupt city. Can the honeymoon last?

Putting aside deep concerns about Detroit’s path, Michigan voters say the city’s recovery is too important to state’s future to ignore. Bipartisan majorities support state funding to help Detroit retirees and save DIA art.

Like small communities across Michigan, Hillsdale is quietly laying off police, reducing services and watching its roads fall to pieces. And yet, there is support for state aid to Michigan’s largest city.

Detroit’s former mayor argues that the city’s negative image brings down all of Michigan – even hundreds of miles away.

Detroit owes thousands of people, businesses and banks roughly $18 billion. Does it owe you? Scan the Bridge database for the names of city creditors and what they’re due.

A bankruptcy judge has yet to sign off on Detroit’s proposal for paying thousands of creditors. But there are signs of who is likely to benefit most when the bankruptcy dust settles.

Jacques Panis, president of the Detroit watch and bicycle maker, offers a wish list of businesses he’d like to see in Detroit.