Detroit Bridge Company Awarded Permit to Build Second Bridge

Construction of a new bridge next to the existing Ambassador Bridge took a giant step forward Wednesday. The federal government of...

The High Cost of Bringing Farm Workers Into U.S.

A program to help U-S farmers find summer workers appears to be working but Michigan farmers say the “H2A Program”...

Officials say New Detroit Arena Brings New Era to City

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET The owners of Detroit’s latest downtown attraction say the new arena will usher in a new era of...

Detroit DACA Recipient with Dreams of Practicing Law: ‘I’ll Lose All of That’

Jake Neher/WDET Dozens of Detroiters and local immigration activists are protesting the Trump Administration’s decision to end the federal program...

What’s Stopping Michigan from Shutting Down Enbridge’s Line 5?

Jake Neher/WDET The growing concern over an aging oil and gas pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac has reached a...

State Lawmakers Want to Rein In Prescription Drug Price Increases

State lawmakers are headed back to work this week. Democrats say they are anxious to introduce a bill aimed at...

Who Wants to Live Downtown?

Demand for housing in downtown Detroit continues to increase at a rapidly growing rate. A new report conducted for the...

Detroit News’ Kaitlyn Buss: ‘Future of Republican Party Is a Crap Shoot’

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Disaster and destruction dominated the national news this week in the wake of Harvey in the Gulf...

Study Finds a New NAFTA Deal could Hurt Michigan

Steven Taylor A new report finds that Michigan’s economy could be hit harder than any other state in the nation...

Michigan Senator says Workers Must Acquire New Skills

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Michigan U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow says there are many good-paying jobs in the state that are not being...

Strong Winds Help Keep Algae Scum off Shores of Ohio; Michigan

Consistent westerly winds blowing across Lake Erie this summer have apparently helped keep a harmful algae bloom away from Toledo’s...

What’s Behind Rise in White Anger?

Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb The image published around the world from Charlottesville was of a sea of white men holding...