DTE Linemen Return from Puerto Rico Where They’ve Been Working to Restore Power
Jake Neher/WDET It's been five months since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. Still, to this day, hundreds of...
DTE Linemen Return from Puerto Rico Where They’ve Been Working to Restore Power
Jake Neher/WDET It's been five months since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. Still, to this day, hundreds of...
Snyder Signs Tax Cut, Says State Can Afford to Fix Roads and Cut Income Tax
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation on Wednesday that ensures the personal exemption on state income taxes will not disappear...
The NCAA Scandal and the Corruptibility of Major Sports Organizations
John U Bacon Last week, the NCAA came under fire as an FBI investigation revealed several players throughout the country...
Is This The Worst Pothole Season We’ve Ever Seen?
Rick Pluta/MPRN Sometimes driving around Southeast Michigan in late winter or early spring, it’s tough to know whether you’re driving on...
Detroit Named Finalist in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2018 Mayors Challenge
Sandra Svoboda Detroit is one of the 35 finalists for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge. Detroit beat out 320 applicants. The...
MLK Historian Talks King Legacy Beyond Civil Rights
Clayborne Carson/Stanford University April 4th this year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior....
100 Things to do in the Upper Penninsula…
As winter weather drags on, many people are feeling a bit of “cabin fever”. Spending too much time on the...
DACA Deadline Approaching Quickly–How Are Detroit Immigrants Reacting?
Jake Neher/WDET In just under two weeks, the DACA program -- which protects children of immigrants who arrived in America...
What’s The Future of Marygrove College With Foundation Support?
Jake Neher/WDET Several months ago we learned that Marygrove College in Detroit would become devoted exclusively to graduate degrees. But...
Plan to Deepen Rouge River Put on Hold
An ambitious proposal to deepen the Rouge River is being put on hold. The U-S Army Corps of Engineers had...
New Book Explores First African Americans to Escape Slavery, Become Millionaires
Shomari Walls/Harper Collins One in seven white families in the United States are now millionaires. For black families, it's one...
Trump ‘Campaigned Like a Populist. He’s Governing Like a Plutocrat’ says WaPo Reporter
National Park Service President Trump unveiled a budget on Monday that would make big cuts to social, environmental, and other domestic programs, including...