Detroit City Wire

Michigan economics professor: 'Some more eye-catching headline inflation numbers are ahead of us'

By Karen Kidd | Mar 21, 2022

Earlier this month, as President Joe Biden blamed Russia's invasion of Ukraine and "#PutinPriceHike" for high energy costs in the U.S., a Michigan-based economist made his own observations about the economy.

'Incredibly sad' that Michigan GOP legislative leaders took so long to disclose COVID numbers, Dem Rep. Camilleri says

By Karen Kidd | Jan 19, 2021

It's about time that Republican leaders in Michigan's state Legislature - the same lawmakers who've been resisting a mask mandate and calls for remote voting - admitted last week that dozens legislators and staffers had caught the COVID, a House Democrat said in a Twitter post.

Furloughed parking worker: 'Under God's guidance we will recover and heal the land'

By Karen Kidd | Apr 9, 2020

A man who supports his Alzheimer's disease-suffering wife and a college student ineligible for a $1,200 stimulus check are among those workers currently furloughed in Detroit's often-overlooked parking and driving industry.

Detroit expands HPTAP to help more low-income city residents avoid foreclosure, announcement says

By Karen Kidd | Jan 17, 2020

The city of Detroit is expanding its property tax exemptions for homeowners this year in a move expected to help more residents avoid losing their homes to foreclosure, the city's embattled but highly popular mayor announced last week.

From Capitol News

'They didn't say it': crowd fails to respond with Tlaib impeachment pejorative directed at Trump at rally

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Freshman U.S. House Rep. Rashida Harbi Tlaib is trying to make profane language directed at President Donald Trump into a slogan for her 2020 re-election campaign but recently found that at least some of her supporters haven't gotten the memo.