Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. would be the latest pardons from President Donald Trump, who has praised the Michigan governor ...

Detroit, historically the nation’s largest majority-Black city, continues to be a political bellwether for urban America.

I didn't know Whitsett was referring to Kilpatrick, who resigned as mayor of Detroit in 2008 in the wake of the text message scandal Jim Schaefer and I revealed in the Free Press. Kilpatrick was ...

Three districts don't have anyone on the ballot for Detroit Police Commissioner, an oversight job once seen as an honor. And ...

DETROIT — In 2016, at a federal prison in El Reno, Ok., ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was in bible class when a man leading the study pointedly asked: “‘Big guy, have you forgiven your judge?’ And ...

DETROIT –– Observations from the federal courthouse on Lafayette Blvd.: Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is still managing to muster a smile after a week of his public corruption trial. And yes, he’s ...

Fifty-four-year-old Michele Ann Fiore has compiled quite a resume over the past decade or so. In that time she has been: · A member of the Nevada Assembly from the 4th District. · The mayor pro ...

As ex-Sen. Bob Menendez and businessmen Fred Daibes and Wael Hana get ready to check in, we take a closer look at NJ's prison ...

Even as nine candidates are vying to become the next mayor of Detroit, only two so far are being closely watched in what is expected to be a contested race this fall. Labor groups have taken ...

It depends on strengthening neighborhoods from the ground up. Here are three strategies that could help Detroit’s next mayor build a just and resilient city by focusing on transitional ...

Stabilizing Detroit’s housing market means ensuring that those who stayed during the hardest times are not pushed out as reinvestment takes hold. To achieve this, the next mayor could expand ...