Former USA Gymnastics, MSU Doctor Sentenced to 60 Years for Child Porn

Michigan Legislature A federal judge in Michigan is sentencing a former doctor for the USA Gymnastics team to 60 years...

Will Metro Detroit Voters See Another Transit Millage on the 2018 Ballot?

Matt Trevethan/WDET Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel delivered his State of the County speech on Wednesday night at the Macomb Center for...

Legislature Compromises, Adopts Scaled-Back Local Retirement Overhaul

Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican leaders have backed down from a plan to give the state sweeping authority to...

Detroit, International Experts React to Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement

Jake Neher/WDET Decades of foreign policy and international consensus has been overturned this week. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump declared that the...

Michigan Governor Weighs Special Election to Fill Congressional Seat Left Open by Conyers

Jake Neher/WDET Voters in Michigan’s 13th Congressional district will face a special election to fill the seat vacated by one...

Executive Mark Hackel Delivers State of Macomb County Address

Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel delivered his annual State of the County address Wednesday evening.  He spoke to constituents and...

What Did Kwame Kilpatrick’s Sentence Tell Us About Our Criminal Justice System?

Jake Neher/WDET It's been more than nine years since the fall of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The sharp and charismatic...

Conyers’ Resignation Opens Up Possible Free-For-All to Fill Seat

Jake Neher/WDET On Tuesday, the storied congressional career of John Conyers came to an end. Despite Conyers’ accomplishments and legendary...

Conyers Steps Down from Congress Amid Harassment Allegations

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The longest-serving member of Congress says he is leaving office as he faces allegations of sexual harassment. U.S....

Noel Night Shooting: Why Do Kids Feel The Need To Carry Guns?

J. Carlisle Larsen  On Saturday night, thousands of Detroiters and Metro Detroiters came down to Midtown Detroit for Noel Night,...

Rep. Sander Levin Talks Retirement and Tax Bill

levin.house.gov Over the weekend, we learned Michigan will soon lose the institutional knowledge of a long-time sitting congressman. Congressman Sander Levin...

GOP Sells Soul with Tax Plan, says Libertarian Shikha Dalmia

Jake Neher/WDET Late last week -- in the middle of the night -- U.S. Senate Republicans pushed through a major overhaul...