Great Lakes Water Authority Poised to Expand, Enters Talks With Lyon Twp.
Courtesy of GLWA The Great Lakes Water Authority may soon add a new community to its ranks. The regional system, which...
Second Bridge Between Detroit and Windsor Moving Forward
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is choosing between three teams of developers to create a new span between the...
Lake Erie Algae Added to Action List
The State of Michigan is adding the western portion of Lake Erie to its list of impaired waterways. The list...
Judge Orders Michigan and City of Flint to Make Home Water Deliveries
A federal judge has ordered the state of Michigan and the city of Flint to deliver bottled water to lead-tainted...
Are Students Missing Out on Literary Classics with Common Core?
Amanda Kuhn Love them or hate them, there’s at least one thing about the new Common Core State Standards that is...
Rep. Debbie Dingell: “I Said Donald Trump Could Win MI And They Called Me Crazy”
WDET Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) says she doesn't want to be right -- but she was. Dingell had been telling...
State House Democrats and Republicans Pick New Leadership
Michigan House The election is over and now it’s time to plan for the next session. That was the feeling...
Gov. Snyder Names Lake Erie “Impaired’ Waterway
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder and state environmental officials have declared western Lake Erie is an “impaired” waterway that needs to...
Michigan Senate Adopts Energy Overhaul
Jake Neher/WDET The state Senate has adopted an overhaul of Michigan’s energy policy. It’s designed to ensure reliability as the...
Detroit Career Summit Aims To Connect Young Men of Color To Jobs
whitehouse.gov Last year, Michigan’s overall unemployment rate fell to about five percent. But the unemployment rate for African Americans in...
How Are Communities of Color Reacting To Trump’s Election?
Jake Neher/WDET On Wednesday, many communities of color woke up to a future in America that was uncertain. Would a...
Detroit’s Tomorrows, Tomorrow’s Detroits
Rev. William Barber III said, “we have a heart problem in America.” The civil rights leader made that comment during a...