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  • The Metro

The Metro: Are Detroit police responsible for preventing violent crime?

Sam Corey, The Metro October 16, 2025

Even though violent crime has been falling fast in Detroit over the last decade, the city still has a crime...

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Michigan Chronicle Executive Editor Jeremy Allen speaks with WDET News Director Jerome Vaughn at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island.
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan Chronicle Editor on mayoral election

Jerome Vaughn October 16, 2025

Detroit’s candidates for mayor are in the final weeks of their respective campaigns.  City Council President Mary Sheffield and the...

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Michigan's State Capitol Doom framed my a leafy tree branch.
  • The Metro

The Metro: Who wins, who loses, and who sues over Michigan’s new budget

The Metro, Robyn Vincent October 16, 2025

Michigan’s $81 billion budget opens with a promise to put more money into classrooms. It raises per-student funding to record...

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Sam Tallent
  • The Metro

The Metro: Crowd plays key role in comedian Sam Tallent’s sets

The Metro, Cary Junior II October 15, 2025

Sam Tallent is an entertainer who has spent two decades on the stage as a musician and comedian. Sam, like...

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Lift Every Voice and Vote
  • The Metro

The Metro: Non-profit engages Black church community to improve voter turnout

The Metro, Cary Junior II October 15, 2025

Voter turnout in Detroit is low. Only a fraction of registered voters cast a ballot when Election Day comes. But...

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  • In The Groove

In The Groove: Kassa Overall, Kaytranada remixes PinkPantheress, plus more D’Angelo love

Ryan Patrick Hooper October 15, 2025

We march forward in grief with our D’Angelo remembrance, plus new music from Kaytranada + PinkPantheress, Kassa Overall, DJ Koze...

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  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: Mayoral debate tonight, Gordie Howe Bridge updates, and more

Jerome Vaughn October 15, 2025

Detroit voters will have an opportunity to see the two candidates for mayor debate each other tonight.  City Council president...

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A stone building in a cemetery is lit up at night with purple, red and blue light.
  • The Metro

The Metro: Detroit’s oldest cemetery will be lit up for tours this weekend

The Metro, David Leins October 15, 2025

Cemeteries are the last place one might look for things to do over the weekend. But, if you appreciate reflection...

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The Tittabawassee River no longer flows over the Sanford Dam after a flood damaged the dam in 2020. Now, the river flows around the embankment and pools at its bottom.
  • The Metro

The Metro: What’s downstream for dam removal in Michigan’s rivers?

The Metro, David Leins October 15, 2025

Southeast Michigan’s streams and rivers are studded by shadows of our industrial past. Henry Ford brought mass production of vehicles...

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MI Local
  • MI Local

MI Local: JonPaul Wallace’s ‘Lemon Days,’ Satori Circus at Sinners’ Ball 2 & Michigan Music Alliance

Jeff Milo October 15, 2025

It's another stacked show this week on MI Local, with three guests from the local arts and music scene stopping...

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Canadian Film Night
  • The Metro

The Metro: The Windsor Film Festival makes Detroit its first international stop

Tia Graham October 15, 2025

Our neighbors across the Detroit River have hosted the Windsor International Film Festival for 21 years. This year will be...

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D'Angelo's "Voodoo" turned 25 on Jan. 25, 2024.
  • In The Groove

In The Groove: A fond farewell to D’Angelo, dead at 51

Ryan Patrick Hooper October 14, 2025

Found out live on air that the legend D’Angelo died at the age of 51… heartbreaking news. Still reeling from...

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