The DJC Gubernatorial Interviews
This year, Michigan voters will be selecting a new governor, who will be facing important issues that will determine the health and vitality of the state for years to come. The first step in the electoral process is the state primary on August 7, when the standard bearer for both the Democratic and Republican parties will be determined.
The Detroit Journalism Cooperative invited all major party candidates to be interviewed.
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Living with the Divide
There wasn’t always such a clear dividing line between the two neighborhoods on either side of Alter Road. The change happened slowly. White families began leaving Detroit neighborhoods, a process that accelerated after the 1967 riots. But it took further decades of flight and deterioration for this part of Detroit’s east side to look like it does today.
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he credit ratings service Moody’s says Detroit has recovered enough from bankruptcy…
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Detroit Will Elect a Commission to Revise Its Charter… Again
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“It’s the very essence of democracy,”
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John Conyers’ son rejected again in bid for U.S. Congress
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Detroit regional mass transit plan dead for 2018
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Detroit district board votes to change name of ‘special education,’ but not everyone agrees it’s ‘exceptional’
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Detroit’s focus on supportive housing drives down homelessness 15 percent
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Some Detroiters Can Swap Their Homes for Houses in the Land Bank
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