Are Michiganders Willing to Shoulder a 45-cent Gas Tax Increase for Better Roads?
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking lawmakers to approve a big gas tax increase to fix the roads -- 45 cents...
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New Carpenters Union Training Center Could Transform Neighborhood In Need
Jake Neher/WDET The big news on Monday was an announcement that the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights will build...
What Happened to All That Development We Were Promised Around Little Caesars Arena?
Jake Neher/WDET Five years ago, the Ilitch family and Olympia Entertainment made some big promises. As it built its taxpayer-subsidized...
Michigan’s Options for Fixing the Damn Roads
Joan Isabella/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will lay out her first budget proposal this week. We expect it will explain in more...
Effort Underway to Save Hamtramck Stadium with Help from Jack White
Jake Neher/WDET Hamtramck Stadium is one of the few remaining Negro League ballparks in America. There’s now an effort underway...
‘Is This Really Happening Right Now?’ Rep. Lawrence Reacts to Attempt to Prove Trump Not Racist
Brenda Lawrence This week’s testimony from President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was riveting enough. But later...
The ‘Silent Fight’ for Representation in Hip Hop for Women, LGBTQ Community
Gus Navarro/WDET Hip hop is one of America's most prominent art forms of empowerment. But it has also struggled with misogyny...
Detroit Future City: Black Middle Class Under Siege, But Opportunities Exist
Jake Neher/WDET A new report by Detroit Future City tells us some really interesting, and frankly disturbing, things about the city’s...
Should Michigan Raise the Tobacco Age to 21?
Jake Neher/WDET As some states begin to liberalize cannabis laws, many of the same states are further restricting access to tobacco. California,...
How Is Marijuana Legalization Going So Far in Michigan?
Jake Neher/WDET It’s been three months since Michigan voters decided to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and up. Since...
Author Bridgett Davis Discusses ‘The World According to Fannie Davis,’ Numbers Running in Detroit
Joan Isabella/WDET Fannie Davis was a numbers runner in Detroit in the 1950s and ‘60s, before the legal lottery began....
Hall of Fame Gymnast Wendy Hilliard: We Must Create More Opportunity for Detroit Youth
Jake Neher/WDET Wendy Hilliard is a Hall of Fame rhythmic gymnast and the first African American gymnast to represent the United...