Aug. 4 Election: Here Is A List Of Detroit’s Polling Location Changes
Today, Aug. 4, is primary election day in Michigan, when congressional and local primary races will be decided for the...
Laura Herberg is a Reporter for 101.9 WDET, telling stories about people inhabiting the Detroit region and the issues that affect us here. She won a Regional Murrow Award for best Hard News story (Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio) in 2020 and she was named the Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter for radio broadcasting in 2021, 2020, 2018 and 2017. In 2012, she was awarded a SoundCloud Fellowship for her project, "Listen to Detroit." She also is the creator of Complete Me, a podcast with only three episodes about how she has trouble completing tasks.
Before becoming a radio reporter, Laura worked, among other things, as a buser, a telemarketer, a canvasser and a magician's assistant. She is originally from the Seattle area but lived in five other cities before settling on Detroit in 2010.
Aug. 4 Election: Here Is A List Of Detroit’s Polling Location Changes
Today, Aug. 4, is primary election day in Michigan, when congressional and local primary races will be decided for the...
Confusing Design Could See Absentee Ballots Mistakenly Returned to Detroit Voters
Laura Herberg/WDET This week's Aug. 4th primary election is expected to have an influx of voters casting an absentee ballot. ...
Detroit City Clerk Says Drop Off Absentee Ballot In-Person. Here’s Where to Go.
Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey is urging voters who still have absentee ballots to avoid sending them through the mail. Instead, the...
Here’s How Michigan Is Preparing For Its Pandemic Election
Michigan’s primary election is coming up on Tuesday, in the middle of a pandemic. While a record number of people...
Will High Rates of Absentee Ballots Turn Election Day into Election Week?
Michigan Department of State A 2018 law made absentee voting for any reason available to all Michigan voters. With the pandemic upon...
There’s Still Time to Vote by Mail in Michigan’s August 4th Election
An election is coming up in Michigan on Tuesday, August 4th. See more information on the Aug. 4 primary election here....
The Uninformed Driver’s Guide to Michigan’s Auto Insurance Reform
Auto insurance rates in Michigan are the highest in the nation according to a report by carinsurance.com published in February. But if...
Detroit East Side Entrepreneurs Were Ready For Business. Then a Pandemic Hit.
Some businesses in the developing East Warren Corridor had been open for less than a year when the COVID-19 pandemic forced...
Michigan Officials Ready Vehicle Owners For New Auto Insurance Law
Since the 1970s, all drivers in Michigan have been required to pay for unlimited medical coverage on their auto insurance bills....
SCOTUS Rules DACA Program Will Continue In 5-4 Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Trump administration cannot end a program that allows...
Detroit Block Club President Wants More Police Funding, Reform
In Minneapolis, after protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, the city council announced that it would be defunding its...
Census Advocates Get Creative In Getting Detroit Counted
Less than 50 percent of Detroit’s residents have responded to the Census. That means the city is at risk of...
