Detroit’s Brightmoor Neighborhood Struggled With Ripples of July 1967

Editor's note: John Notarianni wrote and produced this report for WDET. It aired in 2007. During Detroit's civil unrest in...

Trump Official Pledges Tax Relief, Health Care Help for Small Business Owners

sba.gov Congress continues to grapple with health care reform. But another item on the GOP agenda is still awaiting attention....

LGBTQ Activists Call for Clarity in State’s Civil Rights Law

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET LGBT activists say the state’s civil rights law is too vague when it comes to discrimination based on...

Was Civil Unrest in 1967 Detroit a Riot or a Rebellion?

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Some Detroiters say the uprising of 1967 was more than wanton lawlessness. They say it was a backlash against...

EPA Employees Union Says States are in Desperate Need of Additional Funding for Water Infrastructure

  The Trump Administration's proposed budget has the American Federation of Government Employees sounding an alarm. A-F-G-E represents 9-thousand Environmental Protection...

Scars from 1967 Uprising Still Fresh for Some Detroiters

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET This week the city of Detroit is remembering a series of days that forever changed the iconic Motor...

August 1967 Editorial: Letter to My Soul Brothers

The Michigan Chronicle is the state’s largest black newspaper. It was established in 1932. By July 1967, it was well established...

Unemployment Fraud Lawsuit Against State Dismissed by Court of Appeals

Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit claiming the state wrongfully accused thousands of people...

New Public School Employee Retirement Plan to Take Effect Next Year

Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law controversial changes to the state’s public school employee retirement system. Starting in...

Are You Happy To Pay for Business Incentives If They Create Jobs?

Office of state Sen. Dale Zorn Gov. Rick Snyder will soon decide if the state will give away $200 million in...

Former GOP Lawmaker on Donald Trump Jr.’s Emails: “Wouldn’t I Do the Same Thing?”

Michigan House of Representatives This week has brought its fair share of bombshells related to the Trump campaign's relationship with...

CuriosiD: What’s Happened at the State Fairgrounds?

Listener Jennifer Gulati is curious about the status of the Michigan State Fairgrounds at Woodward and 8 Mile. “I show...