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Detroit! The time to vote in the Primary Election is here. Absentee ballots are now out to residents across the city. Early ...
It was September 2023, and I was reading a poem I’d written, “Andy’s Attic,” as part of a playput on by Teen Hype, a youth development program in Detroit. The group’s student organizers curated a ...
Why go the write-in route? For one, it allows candidates to skip the signature-gathering requirement needed to qualify for the ballot. But the trade-off is steep: Write-in campaigns are harder to ...
The new plan will increase the number of self-contained classrooms for ESE students, but services will be offered in fewer ...
Federal budget bill will cost the average ratepayer $320 a year and eliminate 19,000 jobs by 2035, study finds.
As the Detroit school district continues to explore ways to reduce chronic absenteeism, providing bicycles to students could ...
Chalkbeat Detroit interviewed more than a dozen Detroit youth and adult youth leaders who say safety concerns weigh heavily with young people in the city. Experts say safety concerns can impact a ...
She applied three times for the prestigious Kresge Artist Award. Now Brittany Rogers is the recipient of a $50,000 fellowship ...
This story also appeared in Chalkbeat Detroit Armani Arnold was a 16-year-old Detroit high school student walking home from a bus stop when a man in a car pulled up next to her, catcalling and trying ...
Summer festivals are continuing around metro Detroit this weekend with the Uncle Sam Jam in Woodhaven and the Michigan Celtic Festival in Saline.
A questionable death and the closing of some beautiful buildings has me questioning a neighborhood I have grown to love. And worrying about what happens next.
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