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Detroit City Council approves $3B budget for 2025-26 --- The Detroit City Council approved a $3 billion budget after making roughly $36 million in changes.  Monday’s vote wrapped up three weeks of hearings and another week of negotiations to shift funding in [...]

Canada warns its residents: 'Expect scrutiny' at border, U.S. searching phones --- The Canadian government warned residents that they should "expect scrutiny" at the border when entering the United States, and that includes giving up passwords to allow searches of their [...]

Detroit city officials, MI House speaker promote public safety legislation --- Southeast Michigan law enforcement, Detroit City officials, and some Michigan lawmakers called Monday for the passage of bills to create a new public safety and violence prevention fund. They spoke [...]

Detroit Pistons know they need to get back to defense after late-season skid --- It’s been a banner week for the Detroit Pistons, who locked up a top-six playoff seed for the first time in 17 years on Friday.  At 43-36 overall, [...]

Discussion: What was the Detroit Lions’ worst offseason move? --- Back on Sunday, we explored the Detroit Lions’ best moves of the offseason. There was a variety of answers—from re-signing Levi Onwuzurike and Tim Patrick to very team-friendly deals to getting [...]

Detroit community fridges uplift mutual aid around food insecurity, waste --- Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here. Detroit Community Fridge, a volunteer-based mutual aid organization, bolsters six community fridges citywide to combat food shortages and reduce [...]

Lawsuit filed against Michigan CPS for alleged gross negligence resulting in death of Detroit boy --- DETROIT – A lawsuit was filed against Michigan Child Protective Services (CPS), alleging employees failed to save a Detroit boy from abuse and neglect. Chayce Allen, [...]

Senior linebacker stays the course for playing time, ‘love’ of Michigan --- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Playing in 31 games at a school like Michigan is no easy feat, and no one knows that better than Jimmy Rolder. The senior linebacker has [...]

University of Michigan student govt easily passes measure urging school to provide free 'escorts' to Planned Parenthood --- The Central Student Government at the University of Michigan met on March 25 to discuss and ultimately pass a resolution in favor of [...]

This drive-in root beer is made from scratch, served in a chilled mug and cost less than $1 --- YPSILANTI, MI — The Root Beer that flows out of Bill’s Drive-In is beloved by the community. The drive-in may not look like [...]