Christine Ferretti

Detroit

Associate Editor at BridgeDetroit

Editor, @BridgeDet313. Past: Assistant City Editor and Detroit City Hall reporter @detroitnews, @madonnaU grad. Email me: [email protected]

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ederal cuts threaten library services Michigan K-12 students rely on

16 hours ago | bridgedetroit.com | Hannah Dellinger |Christine Ferretti

This story first appeared in Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Proposed cuts to federal funding for local libraries could end essential services for Michigan students particularly in rural and impoverished communities, according to state officials.
BridgeDetroit candidate event centers on voter engagement, immigration

1 day ago | bridgedetroit.com | Christine Ferretti

Housing, immigrant rights, voter apathy and thoughtful community revitalization were among the topics discussed during a Monday night candidate forum in northwest Detroit. Detroit City Council Pro Tem and District 1 representative James Tate appeared at Artist Village Detroit alongside at-large City Council hopefuls Levan Adams and Valerie Parker for a BridgeDetroit “Meet the Candidates” event.
Detroit advocates look to speed up Special Education process for students

1 day ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

Sharon Kelso tries to do everything she can to help Detroit families navigate the often confusing and complicated world of special education. The advocate is frequently on the phone, listening to parents complain that their child has yet to receive an individualized education program, or IEP, a plan that spells out what services and accommodations students with disabilities should receive, as required by federal law.
'My Father's House'

1 day ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! I recently spoke with John Conyers III, the son of late Detroit congressman John Conyers Jr., about his first book, “My Father’s House,” which comes out Tuesday at major bookstores and retailers. In the book, Conyers III gives an inside look at the complicated relationship he had with his “Pop,” who closed out his historic career with a 2017 resignation from Congress amid allegations of sexual harassment.
John Conyers III gives inside look of his late congressman father in new book

2 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

A year after his father’s 2019 death, John Conyers III decided to take on a project his dad didn’t have the opportunity to finish. As the longest-serving Black member of Congress, John Conyers Jr. spent his career as a champion for civil and human rights. Before his death at 90, the elder Conyers spent decades chipping away at interviews in preparation for a book on his life.
Detroit creatives uplift the art of motherhood

3 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

When Marion Hayden became a mother more than 30 years ago, the rising star in Detroit’s jazz scene knew some things in her life had to change. The elite bassist who co-founded an all-women jazz group and graced the stage with greats like Nancy Wilson, Geri Allen, Steve Turre and George Benson, learned part of being a mother was adaptability. When she had to travel for gigs in the 1990s and early 2000s, Hayden made it a family affair.
EPA offers Clean Air Act exemptions from Trump. A metro Detroit polluter applies

4 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Isabelle Tavares |Christine Ferretti

EES Coke Battery on Zug Island has filed for a Clean Air Act exemption offered by the Trump administration. Dearborn Works, Carmeuse Lime, and DTE’s Monroe Power Plant are also eligible, according to a map created by environmental groups. “No company polluting our Great Lakes and Midwest communities should be allowed a ‘get out of jail free card,’” says the Environmental Law and Policy Center’s Howard Learner.
Driving high is illegal in Michigan. Soon, cops may be able to test for it

4 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Janelle James |Christine Ferretti

A Michigan bill proposes allowing police to use roadside saliva tests to detect drug use in suspected impaired driversThe test screens for substances like THC, cocaine and fentanyl Nationwide, 24 states use the tests but they are dogged by reliability concernsMore than six years after Michigan voters legalized recreational marijuana, momentum is building to allow police to use oral testing of motorists to determine if they’re driving under the influence.
Gilbert charity development aims to improve Detroit housing but sits vacant

5 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Violet Ikonomova |Christine Ferretti

A development in Detroit near Michigan Central Station that promised to serve as a model for building affordable housing fast has instead suffered delays, frustrated neighbors and raised questions about whether the homes will truly be affordable.
Murder trial of Michigan police officer Christopher Schurr ends in hung jury

6 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Christine Ferretti

GRAND RAPIDS — A jury couldn’t reached a unanimous verdict Thursday in the second-degree murder trial of a Michigan police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, following a traffic stop in 2022. The judge declared a mistrial and ended the proceedings, a partial victory for Christopher Schurr, who still could face another trial. Lyoya’s death had sparked weeks of protest in Grand Rapids, especially after the city’s police chief released video of the confrontation.

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