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Page: Feed: --- ## [Michigan’s utility regulator to host Detroit energy affordability workshop: ‘Ultimately this is about people’](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/detroit-energy-affordability-workshop/) _2026-08-21 · Brian Allnutt · Planet Detroit_ The Michigan Public Service Commission is hosting a community workshop Sept. 3 in Detroit to discuss energy affordability challenges and hear from residents about barriers to accessing assistance programs. ## [Michigan environmental news: Fall colors forecast, butterfly rescue success, summer COVID uptick](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/michigan-environment-fall-colors-invasive-carp/) _2026-08-21 · Dustin Blitchok · Planet Detroit_ This week's Michigan environmental news includes a fall foliage forecast, a contentious Detroit blight settlement, successful butterfly conservation efforts, and growing concerns about invasive carp approaching Lake Michigan. ## [Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics faces final hurdles: Lawsuit, Legislature](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/dte-consumers-donations-ballot-proposal/) _2026-08-20 · Brian Allnutt · Planet Detroit_ A group funded by DTE and Consumers Energy sues to block a ballot proposal that would ban utility political donations, while the state Legislature has until early September to intervene. ## [Data centers, AI, and the growth of tech industry demand in Flint and beyond](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/08/20/data-centers-ai-and-the-growth-of-tech-industry-demand-in-flint-and-beyond/) _2026-08-20 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By Nathan Waters Data centers are one of the hottest and most contentious topics in the current discourse across Michigan and the United States at large. The requirements for digital storage and increased development of online services by big tech companies like Meta (parent company of Facebook), Microsoft, and Google are driving the boom to \[…\] ## [Southwest Detroit students detained by ICE while traveling to summer job: ‘Their parents didn’t know where they were’](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/detroit-immigrant-students-ice-enforcement/) _2026-08-19 · Detroit Writing Room · Planet Detroit_ When twin sisters from Western International High School were detained by ICE while traveling to a summer job, it deepened fears across Southwest Detroit's immigrant community. ## [Attorney General Nessel sues Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements, MDHHS offers response](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/08/18/attorney-general-nessel-sues-trump-administration-over-medicaid-work-requirements-mdhhs-offers-response/) _2026-08-18 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By Madeleine Graham In late June, as part of a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit in response to the Trump administration’s implementation of new Medicaid work requirements included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. According to a July 1 press release from Nessel’s \[…\] ## [State canvassers approve Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics ballot language](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/michigan-ballot-proposal-utility-donations/) _2026-08-17 · Brian Allnutt · Planet Detroit_ The Michigan Board of State Canvassers largely retained the ballot proposal language Monday for an effort to bar political donations by monopoly utilities, including DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, and contractors doing significant business with the state. Last month, the canvassers board found Michiganders for Money Out of Politics (MMOP) exceeded the threshold of 356,958 \[…\] ## [Voices: What Detroit’s flooding crisis reveals about building resilient Great Lakes cities](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/detroit-flooding-crisis-resilient-cities/) _2026-08-17 · Tiana Starks and Sara Hughes · Planet Detroit_ A major federal study is examining Detroit's flooding crisis. The solutions must prioritize neighborhoods that have borne the brunt of aging infrastructure and climate change, say Tiana Starks and Sara Hughes. ## [The East Village Magazine – August 2026](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/08/15/the-east-village-magazine-august-2026/) _2026-08-15 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ The August issue of the #EastVillageMagazine hits newsstands soon! If you can’t wait to get reading, click below for a digital copy now. ## [The hidden cost of college admissions: How Detroit teens are burning out](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/college-application-stress-detroit-teens-burnout/) _2026-08-14 · Detroit Writing Room · Planet Detroit_ Detroit high school students report severe anxiety and burnout during college applications, with academic stress becoming the top mental health concern. As competition intensifies, students turn to AI for essays and push for GPAs above 4.0, often at the expense of their wellbeing. ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xfyUXyOKwAJf) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Michigan environmental news: Water treatment facility passwords changed in hack, Slotkin says](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/michigan-water-cyberattack-slotkin/) _2026-08-14 · Dustin Blitchok · Planet Detroit_ Passwords were changed at Michigan water treatment facilities during a July cyberattack, says U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin. Plus: Army Corps approves Line 5 tunnel permit, cyclospora cases near 14,000, and more environmental news from Metro Detroit. ## [Fred and Barbara Erb Discovery Trails at Detroit Zoo earns SITES Gold certification](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/detroit-zoo-erb-trails-sites-gold-certification/) _2026-08-14 · Nina Misuraca Ignaczak · Planet Detroit_ The Detroit Zoo's Erb Discovery Trails has become the first project in Detroit to earn SITES Gold certification for sustainable landscape design, setting a new standard for green infrastructure in the city. ## [Michigan regulators ask lawmakers to end annual rate hikes, change how DTE, Consumers make money](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/mpsc-dte-consumers-recommendations/) _2026-08-13 · Nina Misuraca Ignaczak · Planet Detroit_ Michigan's utility regulator says ending yearly rate increases and changing how utilities earn profit would do more for household energy bills than anything the commission can do on its own. ## [Environmental groups, Nessel make arguments in appeal of DTE Energy’s Saline Township data center contracts](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/dte-oracle-contract-appeal-michigan/) _2026-08-12 · Michigan Advance · Planet Detroit_ Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and environmental groups are appealing the state's approval of energy contracts to provide 1.4 gigawatts to an AI data center in Saline Township, arguing the Public Service Commission bypassed required public scrutiny. ## [University of Michigan confirms Huron River site for $1.2 billion computing facility: Ypsilanti Township vows to fight back](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/u-m-confirms-ypsilanti-data-center/) _2026-08-12 · Bridge Michigan · Planet Detroit_ The University of Michigan confirms plans to build $1.2-billion data center in Ypsilanti Township over local objections, sparking vows of resistance from township officials concerned about environmental impacts and lack of transparency. ## [Genesee County mobile home park recovers after prosecution of hedge fund owner](https://planetdetroit.org/2026/08/north-morris-communities-hedge-fund-ownership/) _2026-08-11 · Brian Allnutt · Planet Detroit_ At the North Morris Communities manufactured housing park north of Flint, new owners are working to repair what public officials and resident advocates say is the damage caused by out-of-state investors. Residents endured drinking water quality issues and raw sewage spills under the ownership of Homes of America, an affiliate of a hedge fund known \[…\] ## [Flint primary sees new & familiar candidates through to general: here are the unofficial results](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/08/05/flint-primary-sees-new-familiar-candidates-through-to-general-here-are-the-unofficial-results/) _2026-08-05 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By EVM Staff With more than a few crowded primary races this cycle, City of Flint residents saw a host of new and familiar candidates for local office on their Aug. 4 ballots. While certification is yet to come, here are the unofficial results of the 2026 Flint primary election for City of Flint Mayor \[…\] ## [Commentary: East Village Magazine celebrates 50 years of local journalism, art, and community commitment](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/07/30/east-village-magazine-celebrates-50-years-of-local-journalism/) _2026-07-30 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By Paul Rozycki In 1976, Flint’s population was about 160,000, General Motors employed 80,000 people in Genesee County, gas was 59 cents a gallon, and the average household income was $16,000. No one had home computers, laptops, or cell phones – and, in July of that year, Gary Custer published the first issue of East \[…\] ## [Sports Beat: Four playoff wins propel Flint City Bucks into USL2 Championship](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/07/28/sports-beat-four-playoff-wins-propel-flint-city-bucks-into-usl2-championship/) _2026-07-28 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ Flint hosts Vermont on Saturday, August 1, 7:30 p.m., at Atwood Stadium By Harold C. Ford Four consecutive postseason playoff victories have propelled the Flint City Bucks into the 2026 United States League Two (USL2) championship match on Saturday, Aug. 1. Flint will host Vermont Green FC at Atwood Stadium with a 7:30 p.m. start. \[…\] ## [Early voting starts today in Flint](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/07/25/early-voting-starts-today-in-flint/) _2026-07-25 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By EVM Staff Early voting for the primary election in the City of Flint begins today, Saturday, July 25, 2026, and continues through Sunday, Aug. 2. Early voting hours, according to a press release from the Flint City Clerk’s office, are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends (July 25 and 26, Aug. 1 \[…\] ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vo1lHIFab4sN) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Meet the Primary Candidates: Flint Mayoral Election](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/07/21/meet-the-primary-candidates-flint-mayoral-election/) _2026-07-21 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By Flint. Daily. and EVM Staff Voters in the Aug. 4 primary election in the City of Flint have five mayoral candidates to choose from – four who made the ballot and one official write-in candidate. Two candidates, incumbent Mayor Sheldon Neeley and current Sixth Ward City Councilwoman Tonya Burns, have both held elected office \[…\] ## [Air quality forces location change for Flint City Bucks match](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/07/17/air-quality-forces-location-change-for-flint-city-bucks-match/) _2026-07-17 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By EVM Staff Due to poor air quality, the USL League Two Central Conference quarterfinal playoff doubleheader scheduled for today, Friday, July 17, has been moved to Legacy Center Sports Complex in Brighton, according to a Flint City Bucks’ press release. The Bucks will kick off at 7:30 p.m. “Until further notice,” the release reads, \[…\] ## [City of Flint opens cooling centers to combat week’s extreme heat](https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2026/07/14/city-of-flint-opens-cooling-centers-to-combat-weeks-extreme-heat/) _2026-07-14 · East Village Magazine · East Village Magazine_ By EVM Staff In response to dangerously high temperatures predicted this week, the City of Flint will activate cooling centers to provide residents a place to escape the heat. According to a July 13 press release from the City, cooling centers will be open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “The National \[…\]