The 10 Republicans running for Michigan governor
The deadline has passed for candidates running for governor this year to turn in their signatures and paperwork. As...
Jake Neher is senior producer for Detroit Today and co-host of the weekly series and podcast MichMash for 101.9 WDET. Neher is a veteran public radio journalist who came “home” to WDET in March 2016 after four years covering the state Legislature and Michigan government in Lansing with the Michigan Public Radio Network.
Neher served as News Director at KBRW Public Radio in Barrow, Alaska. After his arctic excursion, he made the preposterous transition to New York City where he worked as a reporter, host, and editor at WFUV Public Radio in the Bronx. He's a Central Michigan University Broadcast and Cinematic Arts grad, and got his Master's degree in public communications at Fordham University.
He's an obsessive, but often ineffective vegetable gardener. He stays sane by spending a lot of time in his vegetable garden in the summer or obsessively watching gardening tutorial videos online when it's cold out.
Chaos at county conventions: Why it matters
It has been a bumpy road for Michigan Republicans as they decide which candidates to put up for attorney...
Efforts to keep abortion legal in Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has filed a lawsuit to keep abortion legal in Michigan if Roe v. Wade is overturned...
What a post-Roe Michigan could look like
Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit in the Oakland Circuit Court challenging Michigan’s longstanding abortion ban. That's in...
New book explores what the American South is and isn’t
The American South is intertwined with the North. The economy, culture and music often blend together. That blending can also...
Peters’ USPS reforms signed into law
A roughly 15-year effort to reform the United State Postal Service is now law. President Joe Biden signed the legislation...
Experts compare Amazon’s first union to 1937 Flint GM strike
Last week, Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island in New York came away with one of the biggest organized labor...
Clerks plead for help from state leaders
2022 will bring us the biggest elections since 2020. Actual real-life experts agree, that year's election was likely the...
Court declines to swat ‘union bug’
A recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling over a tiny detail has big implications for this year’s elections. A petition...
The good and bad of auto insurance changes
Michigan drivers will soon get a refund on their auto insurance payments. As part of the weekly series MichMash,...
New book explores succeeding by staying in your home community
Our neighborhoods have a formative impact on us. They provide us with a way of interacting with the world and...
It’s “State of the … ” speech season
It’s unofficially "State of the " Season in Michigan. State of the Union, State of the State, State of...