Metro Detroit transit systems are suffering from driver shortages. Is raising wages the answer?
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- Jan 20
- 1 min
Reimagining Government: A More Equitable Government
ID: Five people posing. Text reads "Reimagining Government. A more equitable government." Does your city have a central place for...
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Upside-down braille signs on the QLine cause complaints
But some blind and visually impaired people say there’s good reason for the apparent mistake ID: A train at o train stop with a building...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Caregivers of seniors and people with disabilities say they need more support, funding.
ID: A fem-presenting person in a pink shirt and blue-jeans sits in a chair and is assisting a masc-presenting person sitting in...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Detroit plans a ‘sandbox’ for mobility companies. Will residents benefit?
ID: Construction crews continue work to redevelop the abandoned Michigan Central train station into a new Ford office and research campus...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Disabled People Can Be Productive Workers, But That Shouldn’t Determine Our Worth
ID: A masculine-presenting person and two fem presenting people sit at a table in an office setting. An exposed brick wall is in the...
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Detroit City Council has 1 day to vote on transportation contract
ID: Richard Clay is pictured in his Detroit home, he is a blind and relies on paratransit services to pick him up from his home to take...
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Detroit disability advocates on city's plan to cut paratransit: "They can't do that"
ID: A wheelchair user wearing a grey button down and jeans and is pictured looking a their phone. Dessa Cosma, executive director of...
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Council agrees with disability advocates to ‘slow down’ transit pilots
ID: An electric scooter is pictured on the curb on Michigan Avenue in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. Representatives with Detroit...
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Detroit City Council has 1 week to vote on paratransit contract
ID: Screenshot of headline in the Detroit Free Press, the title reads "Detroit City Council has 1 week to vote on paratransit contract."...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
Proposed bills would address long-term elevator outages in apartment buildings
ID: Picture of an elevator with an "out of order" sign taped on it. Below the photo it reads "proposed bills would address long-term...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
Michiganders with disabilities are living in poverty, struggling to afford basics
ID: Jamie Junior, a disability advocate, shares the transportation challenges she faces as a person using a wheelchair. Photo Credit:...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
Shortage of accessible housing leaves disabled Detroiters with few options
ID: “Baba” Baxter Jones in the yard outside the Coronado Apartments, where he’s lived since 2013. Photo credit: Aaron Mondry. Jones is...
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
Barrier Free Futures: Dessa Cosma
Dessa Cosma, Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power, discusses the challenges and triumphs of facing persons with disabilities...
- Jul 14, 2022
- 1 min
Promote the Vote ballot initiative gathers nearly 670,000 signatures for November election
Read Full Article Here Voting rights is one step closer to appearing on Michigan’s November ballot. Promote the Vote submitted 669,972...
- Jul 14, 2022
- 1 min
Michigan Disability Group: Tips for more inclusive political campaigns, elections
Read Full Article Here With the 2022 elections nearing, groups in Michigan are working to educate political campaigns on how to become...
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
Detroit City Council approves 2023 fiscal year budget
Read full article here "Several attendees during public comment urged council members to allocate funding for disability needs. Kaci...
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
Final State Disability Assistance Program rules posted
"The change would let interviews conducted during the application process to take place over the phone instead of just in-person....
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
Experts: Michigan budget supplemental is the 1st step in addressing housing crisis
“Affordable housing is for those whose household income is at or below the median. In 2020, the median Michigan household income was...
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
Southwest Michigan advocate to participate on housing justice panel
“Senior Policy Analyst, Michigan League for Public Policy and the report's author, Julie Cassidy, were joined by: • Lisa Dedden Cooper,...
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