Planet Detroit
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- Sep 19, 2026
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How Michigan attorney general race could reshape utility regulation, ratepayer protection (opens the original)
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Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for their weekly newsletter here. Michigan voters will pick their next attorney general in November as Dana Nessel, a vocal intervenor in utility rate hike cases, concludes eight years in office. Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney Eli Savit, a Democrat, faces Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd, a Republican, on the ballot. The winner will choose whether to continue Nessel’s work challenging Michigan utilities — and the federal government
Army Corps cuts funding, shortens timeline for SE Michigan flood study (opens the original)
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Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for their weekly newsletter here. By Amelia Benavides-Colón, Planet Detroit The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study to determine flood mitigation strategies for Southeast Michigan will no longer deliver a formal report to Congress after the federal government cut the project’s budget and timeline in half. The new project scope is for a $5-million study over four years, Susan Rusinowski, senior Army Corps project manager for the study, said d
Metro Detroit’s flood cleanups continue in courtrooms, boardrooms as plans take shape (opens the original)
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Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for their weekly newsletter here. Metro Detroit is built over drained wetlands. The region, and its combined sewer system, face repeated strain from aging infrastructure, fluctuating river levels, heavy rainfall, and rapid development. A changing climate worsens the problem: It’s raining more in Southeast Michigan. Precipitation levels across the Great Lakes region have increased by 15% over the last seven decades, according to research by
Federal judge to DTE: No delays for Clean Air Act compliance on Zug Island (opens the original)
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Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for their weekly newsletter here. By Dustin Blitchok and Isabelle Tavares, Planet Detroit A federal judge denied DTE Energy’s bid Thursday, July 16, to delay Clean Air Act compliance on Zug Island while the utility appeals its loss of an air pollution lawsuit. The decision means DTE’s EES Coke Battery facility must comply with the Clean Air Act by Nov. 1 — and form a community quality action committee — following its February loss in a laws
Pontiac’s Latino community grapples with surge in immigration arrests: ‘I don’t know how people can turn their backs’ (opens the original)
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Planet Detroit originally published this story. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter at planetdetroit.org/. The degree to which immigration enforcement has intensified in Pontiac was made clear to Elida Reyes at church. In the spring of 2025, she noticed the Latinos at her place of worship were leaving. “I started asking, ‘where are they going? What’s happening?’ And people were being taken by ICE,” Reyes said, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Reyes, 69, formed an
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