Next month, voters across metro Detroit will decide whether to support three long-standing cultural institutions and their efforts to receive more funding.

Detroit City Clerk’s Office, 2 Woodward Ave. #200 Detroit, MI 48226. Here’s what to do. First, verify if you are already registered by putting your information into and it will tell you. You need the ...

Detroit voters have a lot to understand this election. Bridge is asking the questions, checking the facts and creating the tools voters need to make sense of their ballots. Help keep this journalism ...

A number of influential slates, political action committees and prominent union groups are backing certain candidates and sharing their picks, but those haven’t yielded a consensus. Credit: Bridge ...

Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison shares summer crime statistics during an Oct. 5, 2026, news conference. Credit: City of Detroit Flickr Lately, when District 7 resident Tonya Wells looks at her ...

Abdul El-Sayed’s ascent to politics started in Detroit. Now, residents of the city may be the deciding factor in whether he becomes Michigan’s next US Senator. El-Sayed is facing an uphill battle in ...

A Chalkbeat and BridgeDetroit analysis of the 34 names that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot found several convictions. Some candidates say their work with youth is informed by their interactions with ...

The mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, will apparently have to leave office after revised election results gave his opponent a 12-vote lead.

More than 3,200 farms and gardens now grow across Detroit, continuing centuries of food cultivation. But as growers face questions about land access, funding and climate change, the city’s farming ...