Ready, Set, Crash? Flat Rock Speedway’s Night of School Bus Destruction

Shiraz Ahmed Chants fill the night air and the crowd is energized as they await Flat Rock Speedway’s Night of...

Gov. Whitmer On First Six Months: Legislature Took a Break “Before the Work was Done”

Jake Neher/WDET The first half of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s first year in office has passed, and there’s been a lot of...

Walking Beniteau Street in the Prelude to Fiat Chrysler’s Plant Expansion

Laura Herberg/WDET Walking down the sidewalk of Beniteau Street on Detroit’s eastside with a shotgun microphone covered in a fuzzy...

How Trump’s Trade and Tariff Policy is Affecting Michigan Industries

President Donald Trump uses the strength of the US economy as a talking point to tout the strength and growth...

Remembering Lee Iacocca, Giant of the Auto Industry

Lee Iacocca, former Chrysler CEO and Ford Motor Co. executive best-known for saving Chrysler from bankruptcy in the 1980's, introducing...

Detroit Journos, Politicos Recap First Democratic Presidential Debate

Jake Neher/WDET The pool of Democratic candidates vying for a 2020 presidential run is big — so big in fact,...

Automotive Giant Bob Lutz Reflects On Industry 10 Years After Bankruptcies

Lutz Communications This month marks ten years since the historic bankruptcy of GM, which followed Chrysler's Chapter 11 filing earlier in 2009, and the...

Labor Leaders Tour Battleground States to Blast NAFTA Replacement

Jake Neher/WDET The head of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest federation of unions, will travel to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Metro...

Fight Over Fuel Economy Puts Detroit Automakers in a Pickle

Automakers -- including Detroit's "big three" -- are caught in the middle of a fight over fuel economy. On one...

Here’s Why Auto Insurance Companies Use Credit History to Set Rates

Rashida Tlaib for Congress Michigan consistently ranks as the state with the highest car insurance rates in the country, at almost 80...

MichMash: Lansing’s Dreams Meet Reality In Slew of Quick Fix Laws

WDET Digital New leaders at the state Capitol are successfully tackling issues that have eluded lawmakers and governors for years....

Michigan House Leaders Discuss Auto Insurance, Crumbling Roads and More

Jake Neher/WDET The two leaders of the state House had a big week at the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference. WDET's...