State Officials: No Fraud in Michigan Elections

Jake Neher/WDET State officials say any federal investigation will not turn up widespread vote fraud in Michigan, despite unsubstantiated accusations...

Mayor Urges Detroit Residents to Seek Tax Refunds

Eli Newman / WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is urging residents to file their tax returns. City officials say last...

Are We Heading Into a New Era of School Choice?

Dr. Steve Perry It’s National School Choice Week. To mark the occasion, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, the Great...

Working to Preserve History in the Trump Era

At his job, Dan Golodner cares for decades of teachers' union records. He sees in that past the future, as partially described...

Going for the Save: Archivists Caution Trump Administration Against Destroying Records, History

Librarians, archivists and other information professionals who spend their lives preserving history and organizing data -- which are essential to fact...

Michigan Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Juvenile Lifer Cases

Michigan Supreme Court The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about how the state handles juvenile life without parole...

New Equality Michigan Chair Talks LGBT Rights in Trump Era

Jakez  Neher/WDET This week the group leading the political charge for LGBT rights in the state, Equality Michigan, elected a new...

Trump’s Immigration, Refugee Actions and the American Dream

Jake Neher/WDET No matter your opinion of President Donald Trump, he is certainly following through on some of his biggest campaign...

Happy Birthday, Michigan!

Michigan was admitted to the Union on Jan. 26, 1837, becoming the 26th state. DTE Energy is marking the occasion...

CFL vs. LED: One’s Future Brightens While The Other Dims [CHART]

Compact fluorescent lights have been around for about 20 years. They were designed to replace incandescent bulbs, because they’re more energy...

MSU Sends Beans to Haiti

Michigan State University is sending bean seeds to Haiti to help restore farms that were hit by Hurricane Matthew late...

How Does a Social Moment Become a Political Movement?

Laura Weber-Davis, WDET Over the weekend millions of women and men around the world marched in support of women’s rights, in...