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Planet Detroit

Planet Detroit helps you get smarter about the environment in Detroit and Michigan. Planet Detroit’s stories and weekly newsletter focus on explanatory, solutions-based and investigative reporting, and a deep commitment to community engagement around local environmental issues. Planet Detroit’s mission is to raise awareness about Metro Detroit’s environmental and public health issues, hold powerful entities accountable and help our audience connect with their local environment and take action to protect the health of their communities.

Former Detroit Free Press Building reopens with apartments and rooftop pool
Bedrock has salvaged another historic building -- this time, rehabbing the former Detroit Free Press Building, now called The Press/321.
How Metro Detroit voters shifted in the 2020 election
A closer look at Metro Detroit presidential election results, from a resounding Biden victory in Oakland County to turnout gains
Michigan made it easier than ever for non-English-speakers to vote this year. But the work’s not done.
The state offered election information in nine languages this year. For voters, that meant new resources -- and some continued
Observations from a Detroit poll challenger
Op-ed: Volunteering at the polls restored a good deal of my faith in the integrity of our elections. That’s not
What is Detroit owed for this election?
Op-ed: Detroiters deserve thorough scrutiny of how the election went -- both the good and bad.
At TCF Center and across Metro Detroit, poll workers spent grueling hours counting every vote
Inside TCF Center, in the eye of the storm, Detroit’s poll workers meticulously checked thousands of ballots to ensure every
#NewsMatch Week 1: Thank you to our new members & donors
What an amazing first week of NewsMatch we've had! This week we've welcomed 20 new members, 18 new donors, and
Proposal N passes, clearing way for Detroit’s continued blight fight
Proposal N, better known as the Detroit blight bond, was passed by voters and will allow the city to issue
Gary Peters wins Michigan Senate race
The democratic incumbent, who was up against Republican challenger John James, will return to the Senate to serve his second
The GOP’s Detroit election challenger strategy is ‘unprecedented,’ experts say
GOP poll challengers gather outside of TCF center in Detroit, chanting, “stop the vote” as Trump filed suit to halt