Mayor Mary Sheffield is reshuffling city departments and has created new positions to tackle poverty and homelessness in the ...

Detroit's new anti-poverty chief, Luke Shaefer, plans to build on the city's momentum by making targeted changes to systems ...

In March, Rx Kids, the popular cash aid program is slated to grow across the rest of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Sheffield's administration is establishing new departments aimed at reducing poverty and has joined Rx Kids, a program that ...

Sheffield, 38, is the city's first new mayor in 12 years, succeeding Mike Duggan, who left the office to run for state ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield expects to ensure the city's resurgence benefits not just some, but all Detroiters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On her first day as Detroit's mayor, Mary Sheffield — the first woman elected to lead the city in its more than 300-year history — ...

Rx Kids, a program that offers pregnant moms cash assistance, is growing quickly in Michigan. It will come to Detroit next.

This story has been updated with new information. On her first day as Detroit's mayor, Mary Sheffield — the first woman elected to lead the city in its more than 300-year history — put a spotlight on ...