Labor advocates with a national group are bringing Jane Fonda to Detroit on Friday to oppose the law now in effect that advocates say hurts restaurant and service workers. Fonda is set to join ...

Dance at Detroit Opera continues its 2025–26 season with an appearance by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, one of the nation’s leading contemporary dance companies, Jan. 24 and 25 at the Detroit Opera ...

Massive cuts to state work projects championed by Republican House Speaker Matt Hall and appropriations chair Rep. Ann Bolin were unconstitutional, Attorney General Dana Nessel said in an opinion ...

The vice president of a firm that operates a warehouse on the Detroit and Highland Park border says the building is not the location of a rumored federal processing site for non-citizen immigrants.

The chairs of Detroit City Council’s standing committee assignments have been appointed by new council president James Tate.

Downriver does not need to “Defund the Police.” We do not need national slogans imported from social media. We need leadership rooted in reality, respect for our communities, and a commitment to ...

Detroit City Council began a new year with new members Tuesday in their first regular session after electing James Tate and Coleman A. Young II as council president and president pro-tem during a ...

Rainbow PUSH will bring its “Let Freedom Ring” celebration to Detroit’s Fox Theatre on Monday, January 19, 2026, at 4 p.m., with a free public program marking the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Sharon Owens, 62, was sworn in as the mayor of Syracuse during a private ceremony on Wednesday (December 31), with her term officially beginning on Thursday. Owens becomes the first Black woman and ...

She is accused of using the funds on recreational travel to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, food and groceries for herself and her children, retail shopping, a personal vehicle, and six properties ...

The U.S. economy heads into 2026 in an unusual place: Inflation is down from its peak in mid-2022, growth has held up better than many expected, and yet American households say that things still feel ...

Paychecks at the bottom of Michigan’s wage scale started 2026 with a jump that many workers will feel right away. Effective January 1, 2026, the state’s minimum wage rose from $12.48 to $13.73 an hour ...