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1 week ago | chalkbeat.org | Micah Walker |Bridge Detroit

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. After years of little progress, two facility projects for Detroit Public Schools Community District are moving forward.

3 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Micah Walker |Bridge Detroit

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, it was time for the students in Matthew Bracey’s classroom to get to work. But instead of pulling out pencils and notebooks, the teens put on neon yellow safety vests, hard hats, and work boots and began laying down rows of bricks with mortar mix and trowels.

4 weeks ago | planetdetroit.org | Malachi Barrett |Bridge Detroit

Overview: -A concrete mixing plant in Cadillac Heights is legally allowed to operate due to its industrial zoning. -"My child cannot play in his own yard," says resident Matthew Tomasz. -The plant's owners say their ready-mix facility is eco-friendly, reduces airborne dust compared to manual mixing sites. Detroiters are organizing to shut down an east side concrete mixing plant owned by the powerful Moroun family.

1 month ago | outliermedia.org | Malachi Barrett |Bridge Detroit

Originally published by BridgeDetroit. The Detroit City Council approved a $3 billion budget after making roughly $26 million in changes. Monday’s vote wrapped up three weeks of hearings and another week of negotiations to shift funding in Mayor Mike Duggan’s recommended 2025-26 budget and fund the priorities of council members. The final budget includes more money to hire police officers and bus drivers, a slight property tax cut and eliminates funding for the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

1 month ago | chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Micah Walker |Bridge Detroit |Michael Elsen-Rooney

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. In the last few months, Milo can’t help but notice how the mood among his fellow students at Chicago’s Jones College Prep has shifted. What’s led to the change isn’t a development at the school itself, which is relatively friendly to queer and transgender students and where Milo, a senior, leads the Gay-Straight Alliance, or GSA.