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1 week ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Malachi Barrett |Christine Ferretti |Bryce Huffman |Stephen Henderson
BridgeDetroit is at the Mackinac Policy Conference this week to learn more about the future leadership of Detroit. Five of the nine mayoral candidates were invited to a debate at 5:30 p.m. Thursday evening. Watch the livestream here. The debate will feature former Police Chief James Craig, City Council Member Fred Durhal III, former nonprofit CEO and Council President Saunteel Jenkins, Triumph Church Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. and Council President Mary Sheffield.
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2 weeks ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Bryce Huffman
Schurr says he feared for his life and shot Patrick Lyoya because the 26-year-old Congolese immigrant had control of his Taser His second-degree murder trial ended without a unanimous verdict Prosecutor Chris Becker said he doubted that a second jury would come up with a different result A Michigan police officer who fatally shot a Congolese immigrant in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop will not face a second trial, a prosecutor said Thursday, two weeks after a trial ended...
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1 month ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Bryce Huffman
Major changes are ahead for civic life in Detroit. At BridgeDetroit, we want you to know all your options and have a chance to get to know the people who are running to represent you in 2025. That’s why we’re inviting Detroiters to Meet the Candidates! We will be hosting a series of events in each city district starting this month to bring candidates together with residents and provide for a formal Q&A and networking.
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2 months ago | 
bridgedetroit.com | Bryce Huffman |Malachi Barrett
Businessman Jonathan Barlow announced his candidacy for Detroit mayor on Wednesday at the Detroit People’s Food Co-op, touting himself as a relatable and forward-thinking candidate. In front of about 100 people, Barlow formally kicked off his campaign by describing himself as an innovator and problem-solver who understands what steps Detroit needs to take to compete for international business investment.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti |Bryce Huffman
A long-time Detroit journalist who parlayed a barrier-breaking career in the news industry into decades of uplifting Detroit neighborhoods is being remembered for his vibrant contributions to the city. Luther Keith, a trailblazing journalist who was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame for his decades-long career at The Detroit News, died Wednesday, close friends of Keith and his family said. He was 74.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
bridgedetroit.com | Bryce Huffman |Malachi Barrett
Detroit City Councilman Fred Durhal III has officially announced that he is running to be the city’s next mayor. Durhal is currently in his first term serving Detroit’s 7th District on the city’s west side. The former state lawmaker made the announcement in front of his family, friends and constituents at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan Lloyd H. Diehl Club. “We would all agree that the city of Detroit has come a very long way,” Durhal told the crowd of his supporters Wednesday night.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
bridgedetroit.com | Bryce Huffman
Detroit neighborhood groups looking to beautify vacant lots through a city grant program have a week left to apply for this round of funding. The Neighborhood Beautification Program (NBP) awards block clubs, neighborhood associations, nonprofit organizations and faith-based organizations that currently own vacant land between $500 and $15,000 to make use of that land.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
bridgedetroit.com | Bryce Huffman
The city of Detroit wants to eliminate transportation barriers for pregnant women seeking prenatal services and care after their child’s birth. The Detroit Health Department announced its “Rides to Care” program Monday about two weeks after it began offering the service on a limited basis. Any pregnant woman in Detroit is eligible for the free rides so long as their doctor is within five miles of the city’s borders.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
bridgemi.com | Bryce Huffman |Nushrat Rahman |Bridge Detroit
President-elect Donald Trump plans ‘mass deportations’ on day one, according to a campaign spokesperson Undocumented immigrants account for about 1.3% of Michigan’s population, according to a 2022 estimate Agencies that help refugees start new lives in Michigan predict a surge in arrivals later this year An early promise for Donald Trump’s second term as president is swift mass deportations once he takes office, a threat Detroit City Council Member Gabriela Santiago-Romero said “is real to...
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
bridgedetroit.com | Bryce Huffman |Nushrat Rahman
An early promise for Donald Trump’s second term as president is swift mass deportations once he takes office, a threat Detroit City Council Member Gabriela Santiago-Romero said “is real to many of us.”The Mexican immigrant is working to protect the interests of the Southwest Detroit communities she represents as well as her own family members, some of whom, she said, are documented and others who aren’t.
