US Labor Secretary Joins Fast Food Fight to Hike Minimum Wage
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Fast food workers fighting for a hike in the minimum wage have a new ally in the...
China Stock Market Woes Create Bumpy Road for Detroit Automakers
Investors are still feeling the fallout from the recent – and drastic -- decline in China’s stock market. Experts say...
Cities, Counties Could Soon Face Much Higher Telecommunications Costs
Updated 3:34 pm Michigan cities and counties could soon face big increases in telecommunications costs. Industry onlookers and local government...
New Detroit Red Wings Arena Contracts Will Go to Detroit Businesses
Stephen Henderson talks with Doug Diggs, president of Heritage Development Services, about the Olympia Development contract outreach event for the new...
Ten Years Post Katrina: New Orleans’ Economy
Stephen Henderson talks with Rodrick Miller, president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and founding president and CEO...
Data Driven Detroit Changes Business Structure, No Longer Nonprofit
Detroit’s so-called “number cruncher” is changing the structure of its business. The organization, called Data Driven Detroit, is transitioning from non-profit status to...
Jobs and the Challenges to Michigan’s Middle Class
Bridge Magazine Senior Writer Ron French and Bridge Magazine Computer-Assisted Reporting Specialist Mike Wilkinson discuss the challenges facing the middle...
Michigan Joins Other States in Fight Over New EPA Rules
Michigan and 14 other states are filing suit against the Environmental Protection Agency and asking a federal judge to delay...
Ford Recalls 26,000 Pick-up Trucks For Faulty Seat Belts
Sam Varnhagen/Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is recalling about 26,000 trucks. Officials say the front passenger and center...
Duggan Announces 150 New Jobs in Detroit
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says a new logistics center on the east side will create 150 jobs....
Art and Entrepreneurship in Detroit
Stephen Henderson meets with Rhonda Welsh and Dennis Tini, of Wayne State University's College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts....
Enbridge Sponsors Water Monitoring Above Aging Pipeline in Mackinac Straits
Enbridge Energy is sponsoring new efforts to monitor waters above its aging pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. Enbridge is...