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Duggan: I’m running for governor — as an independent Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan launched a campaign for Michigan governor on Wednesday but, in a huge surprise, said he will run as an independent and not as a Democrat. Duggan is the first top-tier candidate to jump into the 2026 race. He made the announcement in…

Second wave of District Detroit projects won’t start until next year Roughly two years after the Ilitch family and developer Stephen Ross announced a $1.53 billion vision for a kick-started District Detroit area, there’s still in some cases at least a year to go until construction begins on the first of those 10 proposed projects. The…

Conversion of vacant historic Detroit school into housing begins The conversion of a former school in northwest Detroit into affordable housing is underway. A ceremonial groundbreaking took place Tuesday for the redevelopment of the old William E. Higginbotham School near Eight Mile and Wyoming roads into 100 apartments set to be offered at below-market rates…

Tax ‘loophole’ for big-box stores might be closed by Legislature LANSING — For eight-plus years, local government and school interest groups have unsuccessfully lobbied state lawmakers to stop the ability of big-box stores to cut their property taxes by contending that real estate should be compared to “dark,” or vacant, structures. Now they are making…