Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield focused her first full week on the job on poverty ― the most pressing challenge facing the city’s residents and the one issue that could define her entire tenure in office ...

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 — ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield never thought growing up she would be first woman to lead the city. Sheffield aims to boost several housing initiatives in her administration and address other quality of ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield plans to reshuffle city departments focused on health and human services and has tapped Luke Shaefer, a well-known Michigan poverty and social policy scholar, to take the ...

The city life isn’t cutting it for many families that once called major metropolises like Atlanta, Chicago and Cleveland home. But Detroit has been hit the hardest, losing a staggering amount of its ...

Detroit's new mayor, Mary Sheffield, is prioritizing poverty reform, particularly in response to families living in cars due to housing insecurity. She announced the appointment of Dr. Luke Schaefer ...

I spent 20 years of my life in Detroit, raising my children in the city, serving as an executive in Mayor Dennis Archer’s administration and working with young people who needed a second chance.

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 ...

Sheffield taps new leaders to helm Detroit's fight against poverty Mayor Mary Sheffield is reshuffling city departments and has created new positions to tackle poverty and homelessness in the city.