Detroit Evening Report, July 28, 2022: Detroit breaks ground on $40 million project to prevent catastrophic floods

Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. Detroit Water and...

Michigan man may be swapped in Russian prisoner exchange

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden Administration has made a “substantial proposal” to secure the release of...

A look at Wayne County primary elections outside of Detroit

Wayne County is a large and diverse area. It includes the Gross Pointe in the east, Canton and Livonia to...

An overview of the Republican gubernatorial candidates

The Republican primary election race started out rough. The leading candidates at the time — former Detroit Police Chief James Craig...

Senate passes bi-partisan bill to battle chip shortage, moves to House (Updated)

Update 7/28/22: The House passed the CHIPS and Science Act by a decisive margin of 243-187 on Thursday, reports the...

Gaming for good

Video games have become so much more than entertainment vehicles; they have become the hubs around which entire communities revolve....

Detroit Evening Report, July 27, 2022: Detroit City Council offers $1 million settlement to Detroit Will Breathe

Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. Detroit City Council...

How expensive are Michigan’s political campaigns?

Elections are getting more costly. In 2018, Michigan saw the most expensive election season ever. At least $324 million were...

Discussing the big changes in the Big Ten

The Big Ten conference recently announced that by 2024 the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Southern...

Rashida Tlaib’s challengers hope to gain ground in 12th Congressional District election

Michigan’s newly redesigned Congressional boundaries created a kind of political musical chairs in Metro Detroit. Several U.S. House members launched...

What to look for from Third Man Records this month

Discovering new music is one of the things you’ve told us you love the most about WDET. To satisfy your...

The legacy of the Lunar Landing 53 years later

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins left Earth’s comfy atmosphere and headed off into the...