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City councilwoman Brenda Scott, who was described as a champion for Detroit residents, died Monday. She was 47. Scott died at Detroit Receiving Hospital after...
Detroit's water department has failed to collect $59.3 million in delinquent water bills from the city's homes and businesses, while imposing big annual rate...
Keeping the water running without paying the bill in Detroit can be as easy as paying a $50 bribe or buying a $20 valve shutoff key from a plumbing supply...
A special election to determine who will fill Brenda Scott's seat on the council will not be held until at least early next year, council President Maryann...
"She had an absolutely abiding commitment to representing people in the neighborhoods and in the grass-roots community." Sheila Cockrel, Detroit councilwoman ...
Brenda Scott, a nine-year Detroit City Councilwoman known for her candor, loyalty and ability to connect with residents, died Monday. She was 47. The...
Gubernatorial candidates Jennifer Granholm and Dick Posthumus joined thousands of union supporters for the annual Labor Day parade Monday, as both parties...
Students in charter schools, often seen as an alternative to failing neighborhood schools, are scoring significantly below public school pupils in basic...
The millions spent bringing the Internet into America's classrooms could be wasted if educators don't learn how to use the technology when teaching, a new...
It appears to be all over but the shouting, in the slavery reparations movement, even if some of the shouting has become louder and, in some cases, silly. A...
Four new schools and six new building additions will greet students when school begins in Detroit today. NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Each of the four new Detroit...
Not many people envied the job Dennis Archer won when he was elected mayor of Detroit in November 1993. The city was in shambles, with unemployment in the high...
The person who should go to school today is Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The subject is not reading, writing or even budget arithmetic. It's how best to govern the...
Public service came naturally to Brenda Scott. As a Detroit city councilwoman for 8 years, she stood strong for the average citizen, safe streets and better...
Residential development boom has future looking bright for Wayne State area Detroit's Midtown area, after years of marginal growth, is burgeoning into...
A new billing system for Detroit water customers is a year behind schedule, $2.1 million over the original price and the focus of two lawsuits claiming...
Three words come to mind on this entire issue, and unfortunately they also apply to to many other city departments: a) mismanagement; b) corruption; c)...
Although a mourning period for Councilwoman Brenda Scott had just began, political insiders Tuesday began quietly discussing who will make a bid for the open...
For more than half a century, Idlewild was a summertime Mecca for the elite of Midwestern black society. Now, two Western Michigan University professors have...
Citing delays in tallying the Aug. 6 ballots, a local attorney is making his second attempt at forcing a recall vote on Detroit City Clerk Jackie Currie. ...
Detroit has lost one of its most popular leaders. Councilwoman Brenda Scott died Monday, leaving behind shocked residents and a gap in the team elected to lead...
Two Novembers ago, while politicos and pundits fought back and forth over whether Al Gore got robbed of a presidential election, I wasn't thinking about Gore. ...
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is to ask the City Council to approve a contract with a law firm to help it collect on past due water bills -- an...
As Councilwoman Brenda Scott's family made arrangements Tuesday for her funeral, would-be successors likely began making arrangements to replace her, political...
The 30 or so parents who lined up near the doors at Howe Elementary School on Tuesday at dismissal craned their necks to peer down the hallways and chatted...
In an ambitious bid to transform Detroit's pockmarked riverfront into a series of linked parks and showpiece developments, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will announce...
It is regrettable but utterly understandable that of about 19,000 children who are placed in the care of the state because of abuse or neglect, 300 or so are...
The people of Detroit lost a big heart and a true voice with the death of City Councilwoman Brenda Scott. At 47, Scott, an ally of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, was...
