Track the Presidential Winners [MAP]
The Schedule & Results With this map you can track the Primaries and Caucuses across the country. HOVER over a state...
A nine-month stint with The Associated Press brought Sandra to Detroit...27 years ago. She has a bachelor's in journalism and history from Indiana University, and along the way added two master's degrees, one in library and information science and another in public administration, both from Wayne State University. Sandra has worked for The (Toledo) Blade covering education/children's issues, Detroit’s Metro Times and FEMA, where she deployed to Louisiana to help coordinate/communicate about community rebuilding/planning efforts for/after disasters. Sandra has won awards for broadcast, print, digital and community engagement work from the Michigan Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, State Bar of Michigan, Michigan Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists-Detroit chapter. WSU’s Public Administration program named her Alum of the Year in 2015 for her WDET work covering Detroit's bankruptcy. Sandra teaches adjunct faculty at Wayne State (political science) and UM-Dearborn (graduate public administration program). She volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit and with Freedom House Detroit. She loves her husband, dog, bicycle, usually in that order. Find her sailing on the Detroit River in her spare time.
Federal Funding, Local Programs
Four women are playing their weekly game of mahjong at the Senior Activity Center in St. Clair Shores. They’re among...
How the States, Local Governments Get Federal Money [CHART]
In 2014, about $3.3 trillion dollars went from the federal government to state governments, some of it passing through to local...
Judge Rhodes on Leading DPS
WDET spoke with Judge Rhodes about his appointment and what he hopes to accomplish as the "transition manager" at Detroit Public...
Presidential Primaries: WDET’s Quiz
How much do you know? It’s the season of primaries and caucuses, delegates and superdelegates. The attention is on...
How Many Presidential Candidates Have Been From Michigan?
Heading toward Michigan’s March 8 primary, we wondered how many U.S. presidents or presidential candidates have had Michigan connections. ...
Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes Advising State About Detroit Schools
Now-retired Detroit Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes has been advising officials in Lansing about whether a Chapter 9 filing would be wise...
The Super Bowl Teams and Their Michigan Connections
It's the Super Bowl Edition of "Detroit By The Numbers," a WDET series that examines -- and explains -- data...
Michigan Gymnasts Tumble to No. 3 National Ranking
The University of Michigan Women’s Gymnastics Team’s 5-0 start is giving the athletes the confidence they need to compete with...
Judging the Bankruptcy, One Year Later
Within several weeks of the conclusion of Detroit's bankruptcy case, the presiding judge, Steven Rhodes, retired. He had been scheduled...
Water Quality: Grosse Pointe North Students Test at Metro Beach
Grosse Pointe North High School students are testing water quality in Lake St. Clair. Results will come next week. Environmental...
Detroit Taxpayers to Have Electronic Filing Option
In January, Detroit taxpayers, for the first time, will be able to electronically file their city income tax returns along...