Page 13 - Fred Durhal News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

by  Allan Lengel Left: Duggan and his fiance at a Tuesday victory party at Good Vibes Lounge, on the east side. Right: An anti Prop P ad. (Photos: Allan Lengel, Violet Ikonomova) In a somewhat predictable municipal primary with just 14-percent turnout, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan scored an easy victory, with Anthony Adams, the former deputy mayor under Kwame Kilpatrick, coming in second. Tom Barrow, who ran for mayor for the fifth time, came in third, solidifying his title as a perrenial loser.  Adams and Duggan will square off in November, in what will be an ...

Some of the candidates in Detroit's highly competitive City Council race. Nearly half of Detroit City Council's members are not running for reelection, including President Brenda Jones, André Spivey, Raquel Castañeda-López, and Gabe Leland, who resigned after pleading guilty of accepting a cash bribe, creating a competitive race with more than 40 candidates. Candidates who did not respond to Metro Times' questionnaire include at-large candidate Nicole Small; District 1 incumbent James Tate and Darryl Brown, District 4's Latisha Johnson, Daiv...

Detroit Free Press Editorial Board View Comments In many respects, Detroit is a dramatically different city than the one convulsed by a state takeover just eight years ago. The city emerged from its historic municipal bankruptcy in 2014, having wiped out its overwhelming debt largely by slashing the pensions and health care of its retirees.( A balloon pension payment comes due in 2023, something city officials are quietly worried about). Downtown has been transformed, thanks to investments by Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert and others. The city has maintained a balanced budget, enj...

View Comments Detroit — The City Council on Tuesday decided it won't fill the seat vacated by indicted member Gabe Leland. Detroit's now eight-member council unanimously agreed it will leave Leland's District 7 seat open until city voters cast ballots in November.  The decision caps a two-week debate over how and when to proceed with appointing a new member to finish out Leland's unexpired term. The councilman resigned earlier this month after pleading guilty in state court to misconduct in office charges.  After an hour of discussion Tuesday, efforts to adopt a nominated process fa...

Detroit campaign field comes into focus: Castañeda-López, Spivey won't run, Tom Barrow joins mayor race Detroit City Council members Raquel Castañeda-López and André Spivey do not plan to seek re-election. A host of candidates are coming to the fore while some well-known names are backing down from the spotlight in Detroit's 2021 mayoral and City Council elections. Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to file to run after collecting nominating petition signatures. A lot is up for grabs as city lawmakers Raquel Castañeda-López and André Spivey say they're not running for re-election...