MIKE DUGGAN

It has long stood as an iconic symbol of Detroit’s decline, the old Lee Plaza Hotel on West Grand Boulevard has sat vacant for decades, but that’s soon going to change. This is the towering Lee Plaza; it’s been abandoned and ransacked for 25. Now it is getting a new lease on life.

Mayor Mike Duggan has appointed Chuck Simms as Detroit’s interim fire commissioner.

Detroit is set to conduct a national search for a new executive fire commissioner with the pending departure of current commissioner Eric Jones.

A national search has begun for a new Executive Fire Commissioner for the Detroit Fire Department as Commissioner Eric Jones departs.

Detroit’s Chief Health Officer says that there is a lot of concern over the omicron variant as it is exploding across the city. Only 46% of Detroiter’s have received their first dose of the vaccine, while 38% have two shots.

The city of Detroit is planning to offer 1,000 COVID-19 testing appointments each day to residents and workers in an effort to curb coronavirus spread.

With COVID-19 spreading rapidly throughout Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to announce the city’s effort to ramp up virus testing.

As the highly contagious omicron variant sweeps across Michigan, the city of Detroit is now offering up to 1,000 COVID-19 tests a day. Mayor Mike...

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Experts join Flashpoint host Devin Scillian this week to talk about the launch of a new space telescope that has enormous potential for the science world.

Mayor Mike Duggan is getting ready for another four years at the helm of the city of Detroit.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan argued Thursday that the 2020 U.S. Census has undercounted Detroit’s population by 8% in some city neighborhoods. “This was malpractice by...

Mayor Mike Duggan said the 2020 Census numbers for Detroit aren’t correct.

The City of Detroit has broken ground on the second and final phase of the city’s first Healthy Housing Center (DHHC) that will offer shelter and other services to people experiencing homelessness.

Santa Claus has returned to Detroit this Thanksgiving -- but instead of giving away gifts, he’s receiving a special one himself.

Hospitalizations in Detroit due to COVID-19 are rising as the state of Michigan remains a hotspot for new infections.

Hospitalizations in Detroit due to COVID-19 are rising, as the city and the rest of Michigan struggle to cope with one of the country's highest infection rates.

Hospitalizations in Detroit due to COVID-19 are rising, as the city and the rest of Michigan struggle to cope with one of the country's highest infection rates.

As Mayor Mike Duggan urged Detroiters on Tuesday to get vaccinated for COVID-19, he said he has no plans to require vaccines for municipal employees,...

The city of Detroit has launched a new emergency alert notification system to keep residents, businesses and people who work in the city updated.

More than $60 million in funding has since been approved to help Detroiters avoid eviction and stay up to date with their utility bills.

The plan rolled out on Friday (Nov. 5) by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and others goes well beyond what took place earlier this year at the TCF Center.

The city of Detroit is getting ready to start administering COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 5 to 11 years old following federal authorization for that age group.

Mayor Mike Duggan held a news conference Friday morning to detail plans to vaccinate children for COVID-19 in Detroit following federal authorization.

Detroit voters have elected Mayor Mike Duggan for a third term at the city’s helm.

Mayor Mike Duggan easily defeated challenger Anthony Adams for a third term. Duggan received 64% of the vote, with nearly 75% of the precincts counted,...

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Mike Duggan's campaign for a third consecutive term as Detroit’s mayor has resembled what he's often done over the previous eight years — visiting community groups and speaking with city residents.

Mayor Mike Duggan is making a bid for a third term as mayor of Detroit in Tuesday’s election. Listen: Mayor Mike Duggan recounts successes and challenges of his tenure. “If I can transport you back in time to eight years ago, the mayor was fighting with the council constantly. “City Council and I have a lot of disagreements, but there haven’t been any of these personal attacks — they’ve been policy issues that we worked out. I’ve gone eight years without vetoing anything from City Council,” he says.

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A bridge battle is brewing in Detroit having to do with the Moroun family’s plan to build a new span across the Detroit River. To do that, they need a key piece of land that was promised to them years ago by the city.

Recently Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced a plan to fix 1,000 roofs for low income Detroiters.

“If we don’t discuss the issues that are hurting people in this city, then folks will think all is well,” Adams said. “The reality is that all is not well.”

Some experts believe the 2020 count could be the worst undercount in nearly 70 years.

In October, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan introduced the Renew Detroit program. The program will provide free home repairs to eligible city homeowners using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has never publicly endorsed a candidate for City Council. That changed Monday, with Duggan's endorsement of District 6 candidate (and former...

Mayor Mike Duggan has a simple solution for solving the overcrowding problem at Detroit’s animal care and control facility — build a larger building. Mayor...

Residents that live near the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant on Detroit’s east side claim fumes from the plant are causing their throats to burn.

Nov. 2 marks the Detroit mayoral election, with former Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams challenging incumbent Mayor Mike Duggan. Listen: Detroit Mayoral Candidate Anthony Adams ahead of Nov. 2 election. GuestAnthony Adams is a Detroit mayoral candidate and former deputy mayor of Detroit. We’re picking up more support every day.”At the 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference, Mayor Mike Duggan spoke about his refusal to debate Adams, claiming the Adams campaign was “nothing but spewing hate.” Adams says he doesn’t accept this criticism. “There is a reason [Mike Duggan] doesn’t want to debate the most qualified candidate he has ever faced in his life,” he says.

President Biden is throwing his weight behind Mayor Mike Duggan for the Detroit Mayoral race.

The NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner took place Sunday in Detroit.

The city of Detroit just got a new first lady.

The 2021 Detroit mayoral election will take place Nov. 2, 2021 and one challenger is accusing incumbent mayor Mike Duggan of some dirty tactics.

During a Thursday press conference at his Avenue of Fashion campaign office, Detroit mayoral candidate Anthony Adams gestures toward a cardboard cutout of Mayor Mike...

The Detroit mayoral election is two months away, just as the Detroit City Council faces an FBI investigation on suspicion of corruption and bribery. Mayor Mike Duggan says he is not concerned about the corruption probe’s findings, nor is he concerned about debating with his fellow mayoral candidates. “After the Kilpatrick administration … there are clear ethics and policies … I don’t know that the issue is a lack of rules. We’ll wait and see what comes out of this.” —Detroit Mayor Mike DugganListen: Mayor Mike Duggan says he’s focusing on changing politics in the city. He says he refuses to debate Detroit mayoral candidate Anthony Adams because of his campaign rhetoric.

The City of Detroit is urging residents to mask up in indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the city and across the state.

The federal moratorium on evictions, which was put in place early during the COVID pandemic, expired last month and put millions of renters at risk of losing their housing.

Even if a judge has ordered an eviction, residents may be able to appeal the case or receive help through the new program.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced another GM-funded initiative to help the city’s residents.

Councilmember Andre Spivey has already been charged with conspiracy to commit bribery.

Mayor Mike Duggan announced his selection for the permanent chief of the Detroit Police Department on Monday afternoon.

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Mayor Mike Duggan has named James White as his selection for the permanent chief of the Detroit Police Department.

Mayor Mike Duggan announced Monday he has selected James White as chief of the Detroit Police Department.

After the FDA authorized additional COVID-19 vaccine doses for the immunocompromised, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced he would offer a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for vulnerable residents. He is encouraging those with compromised immune systems to receive a booster shot of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at the TCF Center. Listen: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on climate infrastructure, the census and COVID -19 vaccines. GuestMayor Mike Duggan says immunocompromised residents should get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to ensure they are protected. “Climate change is affecting people differently throughout the country … we’re living in an area where infrastructure was very well built for the climate of the 20th century … had you had this kind of [weather] 20 years ago, you’d have built different infrastructure.”

Detroiters who are immunocompromised and have been fully vaccinated can get a third shot of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at the TCF Center...

Detroit has opened up scheduling for residents with compromised immune systems to receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccination.

Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday announced Detroit’s plan for administering a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to vulnerable populations as virus spread once again increases across the region.

FEMA and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan are teaming up to make sure victims of the floods last month and in June know there’s help and how to get it.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will give residents step-by-step directions on how to apply for flood relief.

Only about 11% of registered voters in Detroit turned out for the primary election on Tuesday, choosing candidates for mayor, city council, and clerk, and...

Detroit voters have rejected Proposal P in the Aug. 3 Michigan Primary Election.

Detroit mayor Mike Duggan will try to clinch a third term as the city’s mayor this fall after advancing in the Aug. 3 primary election.

Mayor Mike Duggan and former Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams will face off in Detroit’s Nov. 2 general election for the city’s top elected seat.

Election results for Detroit Mayor in the 2021 Michigan Primary Election on Aug. 3, 2021.

Clark Park in Detroit is getting $3.3 million worth of renovations as part of the Strategic Neighborhood Fund initiative.

The mayor is expected to walk Detroiters through the process of knowing what they are eligible for and how to claim it.

Detroit's mayor is hoping to alleviate poverty in the city, improve neighborhood life and better access to the internet with federal relief aid.

James White, a longtime Detroit cop who became director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights last year, will serve as the city’s interim police...

James Craig, who announced his retirement May 10, will officially retire June 1 after eight years as Detroit police chief.

The Pfizer vaccine will be available for Detroit kids 12-15 years old beginning Thursday after the CDC gave its stamp of approval.

Mayor Mike Duggan said Detroit plans to offer the Pfizer vaccine to teens age 12 to 15 immediately following approval from the CDC.

Mayor Mike Duggan will provide an update to the City of Detroit's response to the COVID-19 pandemic at 2 p.m. Thursday.

If Detroit Police Chief James Craig runs for governor, Mayor Mike Duggan said Monday he will not support him. Duggan made the comment at a...

Detroit’s infant mortality rate, which was higher than any American city and even China and Mexico a decade ago, dropped to its lowest level in...

Thomas said she will be city's communications director

Vickie Thomas, an award-winning reporter who retired this month from WWJ-AM (950), is the latest journalist to land a job in Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration....

DETROIT -- Mayor Mike Duggan and HGTV star Nicole Curtis are expected to meet Thursday to discuss the ongoing issues surrounding a property in Detroit that Curtis believed she owned and invested money in, only to later find out the property was not legally hers. A spokesperson for Duggan’s office confirmed the request and says the mayor wants to work with Curtis to solve the issue. A legal battle ensued and eventually the courts ruled the title for the house belonged to the land bank. Last week, Curtis filed suit against the land bank after the property was listed for sale at a price tag of $40,000. “I feel bad for Nicole,” Duggan said.

“We are going to have to open a second major vaccine site and it will be open later this month at the Northwest Activities Center on Meyers and we’re going to offer the Johnson & Johnson one shot vaccine with the space inside,” the mayor said. Duggan’s Johnson & Johnson approval comes after criticism for rejecting it in a remark that showed favor to Moderna and Pfizer’s two-shot method. “I know I said some things about Johnson & Johnson. The mayor’s vaccine expansion also includes making every Detroiter over the age of 50 eligible for the vaccine by March 22. You can go to the main one-shot center down at the Northwest Activity Center or you can come down to TCF for the two shot vaccines,” he said.

click to enlarge City of DetroitKimberly Rustem, new director of Detroit's Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity department. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Tuesday announced the appointment of a new civil rights director.Kimberly Rustem is replacing Charity Dean as director of the city’s Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity (CRIO) department. She'll be responsible for ensuring Detroit residents receive priority consideration for jobs, and she will monitor community benefit ordinances and mediate civil rights complaints. Rustem also will oversee the newly created Office of Disability Affairs, led by Christopher Samp.Rustem comes to the job with a lot of experience promoting diversity and inclusion. In her role as chief policy advisor, she was focused on improving residents' quality of life, health, and safety.

(CBS DETROIT) – From the summer riots, to testing sites and vaccine distributions, Detroiters have a lot to say about Mayor Mike Duggan’s performance in the pandemic and they’re not holding back. “I think Detroit was the first site of where you can go get tested at which was at the state fairgrounds. On the one-year anniversary of the pandemic residents are speaking out about Duggan’s leadership through the crisis. And as we move forward to push pass the pandemic residents say they what the mayor to continue putting his best efforts forward to keep the city safe. You know, I do understand that you’re doing the best but is there more?” said Muat Bulu.

click to enlarge David GiffordMichigan State Fair bandshell as of Dec. 13. "There's a lot of emotion," Duggan said. A lot of folks remember this, and they said, 'Can't we do something about the history of the Fairgrounds?' And I'm very glad to say that my partner [Detroit City Councilman] Roy McCalister has been emphatic that we are going to save this bandshell. "Last year, blogger David Gifford penned an open letter pleading for Amazon to reconsider its plans to demolish the bandshell, citing more that 80 years of music history .

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In favorite destinations like Miami Beach, cheap flights and discounted hotel rooms are making the area even more appealing despite the pandemic. To sum it up, “avoid travel, crowds, and poorly ventilated spaces,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. The agency said travel increases the chance of getting and spreading COVID-19 and recommends people stay at home. If people must travel, the CDC recommends getting vaccinated, if eligible, and then wait two weeks after a second dose. Also, get a viral COVID test one to three days before travel and keep a copy of the test results in case it’s needed.

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It’s the latest move in a long-running dispute between the GOP-led Legislature and the Democratic governor over her pandemic response. As expected, Whitmer vetoed a bill that would have ceded the state health department’s power to close schools and prohibit sports to local health departments, allowing them to act only if certain metrics were met. Republicans had linked about $840 million in federal K-12 funding to the measure. Whitmer vetoed $87 million in proposed federal funding for private schools and $10 million in federal dollars for parents whose children enroll in summer school until a deal is reached. She also nixed $405 million in state-funded grants to businesses and a $150 million deposit into the state’s unemployment fund.

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DETROIT (AP) — Lawyers who negotiated a $641 million settlement for victims of Flint’s lead-contaminated water are asking a judge to set aside up to 32% for fees and expenses for years of work on the case. Rick Snyder’s administration allowed Flint to use the Flint River in 2014-15 without treating the water to reduce corrosion. In the months ahead, U.S. District Judge Judith Levy will decide how much money for lawyers will be carved out of the settlement. Attorneys representing Flint residents have said 80% of payments will go to people who were under 18 when the river water was used. Separately, Snyder and eight other people are charged with crimes in the Flint water scandal.

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(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced the first Michigan case of the new COVID-19 variant was identified in a boy living in Jackson County. It was announced Monday and case investigation is currently underway to determine close contacts and if there are additional cases associated with this case. Scientists are still evaluating how well COVID-19 vaccines work against this new variant. To date, the virus has been identified in at least 20 other states and jurisdictions in the U.S. This is the only known case in Michigan at this time, however it is possible that there are more that have not been identified.

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