This is How Whitmer’s (Nearly) Billion Dollar Budget Cuts Affect You
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers are starting the process of restoring some funding Whitmer vetoed in the new state budget....
This is How Whitmer’s (Nearly) Billion Dollar Budget Cuts Affect You
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers are starting the process of restoring some funding Whitmer vetoed in the new state budget....
Half of All Black Kids in Michigan Live in Concentrated Poverty
Jake Neher/WDET A new study on childhood poverty was recently released by the Annie E Casey Foundation. In it, African-American and...
General Motors Strike Resolution Shows Unions Still Have Clout
The strike has caused financial pain for both UAW members and General Motors. Union workers are existing on strike pay...
What Do General Motors Union Workers on Strike Do When They’re Not Picketing?
Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. United Auto Workers have been on strike against...
Schools or Corporate Tax Breaks? Crain’s Reports on Battle in Lansing
Jake Neher/WDET There's an ongoing conversation in Michigan about how we struggle to fund all our different priorities here in...
What’s Greener in Michigan’s Marijuana Industry — The Bud or the Money?
Eli Newman / WDET Marijuana in Michigan was fully legalized last year and a lot has been going on behind...
Michigan Resident Aimee Stephens’ Case Could Shape Transgender Rights in America
This week, Aimee Stephens became the first person ever to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear a discrimination complaint on...
Nearly Half of All Federal Spending Goes to Health Care. How Do We Fix It?
Jake Neher/WDET The current healthcare system is just not working for millions of people in America. It's extremely confusing terrain to...
Want Good Roads, Schools and Government? Raise Taxes, Expert Says
Michigan State University Funding for schools, roads and many other state services took a hit during this year’s budget negotiations...
Pure Michigan Isn’t Quite Dead After Gov. Whitmer Veto… Yet
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has eliminated funding for Pure Michigan. It was one of 147 line-item vetoes Whitmer made before signing...
This General Motors Worker Had Worked for 35 Years When His Plant Was Shut Down. Now, He’s Striking.
Laura Herberg/WDET Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. The United Auto...
These Three Businesses Are Creating A Worker-Owned Economy in Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET October is National Co-op Month. In the business context, a co-op is a company where the workers are...
