The Detroit Free Press

Majority of Michigan residents support protecting the state's natural assets and public opinion is making a difference.

With bridge expansion on one side and community growth on the other, residents and business owners are grappling with a construction drama that pits quality of life against the need for room at the bustling international span.

Why do townships discourage mobile home parks with zoning ordinances?

Legislative package calls for a statewide effort to manage growth in Michigan.

Ron Dzwonkowski observes that issues such as sprawl, open space, and zoning affect everybody but few politicians take them on as campaign issues.

Fenton, once a commuter's destination, is blooming as its own urban center.

City leaders and activists are working on reversing the effects of a century's worth of neglect of the Detroit River.

An ambitious private fund-raising effort aims to transform metro Detroit into a region of natural with the help of a strategic plan for linking green corridors throughout the seven-county region.

Detroit has developed a property inventory computer system which tracks the city's inventory of abandoned buildings and lots.

Voters in Michican townships and counties sent a clear message about sprawl.

Dearborn, Los Angeles, Houston, Denver among the cities criticizing the Census' anti-sampling law.