Here’s Why You Should Care About Changes to Michigan’s Teacher Retirement System
Jake Neher/WDET Bills moving through the state Legislature would make major changes to Michigan’s teacher retirement system. The Republican-backed bills...
Here’s Why You Should Care About Changes to Michigan’s Teacher Retirement System
Jake Neher/WDET Bills moving through the state Legislature would make major changes to Michigan’s teacher retirement system. The Republican-backed bills...
Is Detroit Doing Enough To Welcome Refugees?
Riyah Basha/WDET This week, Mayor Mike Duggan opened the Manoogian Mansion for the city’s first-ever refugee iftar, celebrating the month...
Duggan Introduces “Motor City Restore”
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Detroit entrepreneurs can now apply for grants to upgrade their businesses. Mayor Mike Duggan announced “Motor-City Re-Store” Wednesday,...
Is Another Recession Around the Corner?
Bureau of Labor Statistics It's been almost ten years since the last major recession in the United States. Since then,...
Detroit Casino Monthly Revenue Up from a Year Ago [CHARTS]
Detroit’s three casinos' combined May revenue of $120 million was up from the same month a year, according to the...
Enbridge Says Pressure Test Shows Mackinac Straits Pipeline is Safe
Pat Batcheller Enbridge Energy says it’s pressure testing the structural integrity of Line Five beneath the Straits of Mackinac. The...
The Intersection: Poverty [CHARTS]
Nearly 50 years after a police raid at 12th and Clairmount streets ignited violence and carnage, WDET and the Detroit...
How’s Detroit Doing? New Statistical Index Offers Answers [CHARTS, TRANSCRIPT]
Economists are using a new combination of statistics and measures to create a better picture about how Detroit is doing....
Women Offered Coaching to Hone Political Savvy
A divisive political climate in the United States may be inspiring some to become more involved in government. One organization is...
Lead Not Likely the Cause of Increased Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in Flint But…
“Often when people present with pneumonia, doctors are thinking of the common bacteria like pneumococcal pneumonia or streptococcus pneumoniae. Legionnaires'...
Heads of Michigan’s Major Utilities React to Paris Climate Withdrawal, Discuss Energy Landscape
Jake Neher/WDET The subject of "energy" never gets old in the state of Michigan. We're surrounded by massive, powerful bodies...
Is the Tax Foreclosure Process Good for Wayne County but Bad for Detroit?
Annie Perry sits in a bejeweled knit cap, waiting for her number to be called at a foreclosure prevention meeting....