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Detroit Free Press, 18 Jul 2026

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The Detroit Free Press is a daily newspaper published by Gannett. It was founded in 1831 to serve Michigan’s largest city and its suburbs. Locals respect The Free Press for winning 10 Pulitzer Prizes, four Emmys, and many honors from community groups, reflecting a long commitment to public-interest reporting. Each issue includes watchdog investigations, labor and auto industry coverage, courts and public safety reporting and cultural writing, highlighting Detroit’s musical and culinary influence. Sports coverage features the Lions, Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons with sharp analysis that balances data and clubhouse access. The paper’s guides help readers navigate elections, transit and severe weather, with clear explainers and maps. Opinion pieces offer evidence-based arguments and invite diverse voices from across metro Detroit. The Free Press partners with The Detroit News on business operations, while preserving independent newsrooms and editorial standards. Available on PressReader, the Detroit Free Press holds power to account, reflects the region’s resilience and shows how policy and markets shape daily life.

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ArticleSMOKY HAZE SEEPS ACROSS THE NATION

A thick, smoky haze com­bined with intense heat ran­ging from 88 to 100 degrees lingered inside Ford Motor’s Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne throughout the night and into the morn­ing of July 16, send­ing sev­eral dozen assembly line work­ers to the...

SMOKY HAZE SEEPS ACROSS THE NATION

ArticleTrump revis­its elec­tion secur­ity

Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump in a July 16 prime-time address sought to fur­ther sow dis­trust in U.S. elec­tions, claim­ing broad vul­ner­ab­il­it­ies with vot­ing sys­tems and poten­tial for inter­fer­ence from other nations. Trump spe­cific­ally...

Trump revis­its elec­tion secur­ity

ArticlePoor air qual­ity lingers in Mid­w­est, North­east

Smoke from hun­dreds of wild­fires burn­ing in Canada, along with fires in north­ern Min­nesota, kept air qual­ity at unhealthy levels across parts of the Mid­w­est, Great Lakes and North­east on July 17, shroud­ing cit­ies in haze and prompt­ing...

Poor air qual­ity lingers in Mid­w­est, North­east

ArticleMichigan util­it­ies are under invest­ig­a­tion

The Michigan Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion is invest­ig­at­ing three of Michigan’s largest elec­tric util­it­ies — DTE Energy, Con­sumers Energy and Indi­ana Michigan Power Co. — and their power res­tor­a­tion response this month. The com­mis­sion’s...

Michigan util­it­ies are under invest­ig­a­tion