Are Controversial Programs in Detroit Actually Reducing Crime?

Jake Neher/WDET Detroit’s Project Green Light now has 500 businesses signed up around the city. Mayor Mike Duggan, Police Chief...

MichMash: Road Funding Debate Complicated by Urban-Rural Divide

WDET Digital The road funding debate is in full swing at the state Capitol. As part of the weekly series...

How Concerned Should We Really Be About Our Data and Privacy Online?

Jake Neher/WDET Technology makes our lives a lot easier and faster. The phones that are constantly in our hands, for instance, are...

A Detroit Woman is Teaching People in Brooklyn How to Buy Real Estate in Detroit

Asia Denson stands in front of a group of people in a conference room at a Hilton Hotel in Brooklyn,...

Duggan Tries to Make Case City’s Comeback Equitable, Reaching Neighborhoods

Jake Neher/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave his sixth State of the City speech on Tuesday. Duggan, as he does...

New Carpenters Union Training Center Could Transform Neighborhood In Need

Jake Neher/WDET The big news on Monday was an announcement that the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights will build...

Michigan’s Options for Fixing the Damn Roads

Joan Isabella/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will lay out her first budget proposal this week. We expect it will explain in more...

MichMash: Marijuana Could Once Again Be On Your Ballot in 2019

WDET Digital Recreational marijuana is now legal in Michigan. But some Michigan voters aren’t done casting ballots on cannabis issues....

Detroit Future City: Black Middle Class Under Siege, But Opportunities Exist

Jake Neher/WDET A new report by Detroit Future City tells us some really interesting, and frankly disturbing, things about the city’s...

Fiat Chrysler Announces $4.5 Billion Investment in Southeast Michigan Facilities

 Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday announced a $4.5 billion investment plan it says wwill increase its workforce in Detroit and the...

How Is Marijuana Legalization Going So Far in Michigan?

Jake Neher/WDET It’s been three months since Michigan voters decided to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and up. Since...

Author Bridgett Davis Discusses ‘The World According to Fannie Davis,’ Numbers Running in Detroit

Joan Isabella/WDET Fannie Davis was a numbers runner in Detroit in the 1950s and ‘60s, before the legal lottery began....