Big Changes in Detroit’s Restaurant Scene, Including A Farewell to Hard Rock Cafe
Jake Neher/WDET As business and activity continues to expand in Downtown Detroit, the city’s food and restaurant industry is growing...
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Michigan Senate Votes to Gut Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Time Laws
Jake Neher/WDET The state’s minimum wage might not reach $12 an hour until 2030. That’s if proposed changes to a...
GM Decision on Poletown Plant Dredges Up Painful History in Hamtramck, Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Thirty-eight years ago, the cities of Hamtramck and Detroit helped demolish a neighborhood to make way for the...
How Newspaper Ads Helped Perpetuate Slavery in Colonial America
Adverts 250 Healthy Negro Lad. About Seventeen years of age. To be sold. Esquire of the printers....
[VIDEO] Searching for Solutions for Michigan’s Eviction Crisis
Additional resources: Michigan Cities Face Eviction Crisis — Here Are Some Solutions This story has been supported by the Solutions Journalism...
GM Layoffs Latest Economic News to Hit Michigan
Jake Neher/WDET General Motors announced devastating news on Monday. They are expected to layoff more than 14,000 workers, and close several...
What Bills Might Waddle Through the Legislature During Lame Duck?
Jake Neher/WDET The Legislature is in its lame duck session and there are a couple big issues they may try...
How Do We Address Widespread Student Transience in Detroit?
Jake Neher/WDET One in every three children in Detroit ends the year in a different school than they started in....
Malcolm Gladwell is Not A Fan of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Oakland University Malcolm Gladwell is a noted author and journalist whose podcast, Revisionist History, takes a look at the misunderstood and...
Recreational Pot in Michigan — What Happens Next?
Jake Neher/WDET The great pot legalization debate is over in Michigan -- at least for now. Voters have spoken, and we will...
Crappy Christmas Music: Which Songs Should Be Forever Banned? [PLAYLIST]
Laura Weber-Davis, WDET Halloween is past....
Dan Gilbert’s Big Week: $1B Greektown Sale, Tigers Rumors, Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com
Jake Neher/WDET This was a big week for billionaire Dan Gilbert. He sold Greektown Casino for $1 billion. Rumors swirled...