Detroit Foreclosure Crisis: Report Focuses on Living Next to Abandoned Homes
One third of all homes in Detroit have been tax foreclosed since 2008. It’s one of the biggest housing crises...
Is It Time for Toll Roads in Michigan?
Toll the damn roads? With a potential gas tax dead in the water, Michigan lawmakers are searching for a path forward...
Green Liquid Being Tested At Detroit Business Has Links to 696 Spillage
A green liquid found buried at a Detroit business is being tested by Michigan environmental regulators due to it's similarity...
Uneasy With Detroit Development, Jazz Pianist Starts Conversation With Music
Pamela Wise drives around her neighborhood. She's been living here since 1984. "It’s really weird, because you see new houses,...
New Year’s Resolutions: How To Make This Year Different
Less meat and more yoga. Or less sugar, more sleep? Whatever your resolution is, good luck trying to stick to it all...
U.S. to Collect DNA of Detainees At Detroit Border, Raising Privacy Concerns
People taken into custody at Detroit’s border crossings are now subject to DNA sampling. Border agents are conducting cheek swabs...
Historic Detroit Cobbler Perseveres Despite Construction, Family Tragedy
For Detroiters, Livernois has historically been known as the Avenue of Fashion. It’s peppered with shops dedicated to getting suited...
Metro Detroit Reacts to ‘Green Ooze’ Contaminant With Humor, Concern
Laura Herberg/WDET Inside Hazel Park’s Max Dugan Saloon staffers are trying to make the best of a toxic situation. “We...
Ten Years Into Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Is A Defining Issue in 2020
Public option? Surprise medical bills? It's starting to feel a lot like 2009 again, when the nation was absorbed in a...
Michigan Cities Brace for Possible Recession in 2020
Local officials across Michigan are concerned about what a recession would mean for their communities. Nobody, including economists, can say...
Social Workers Push Back on Medicaid, SNAP Work Requirements
If you need Medicaid in Michigan, you’ll have to work… or get a waiver. New regulations pushed through by the...
“A Festivus For The Rest of Us!” Jason Alexander of Seinfeld Airs Grievances of 2019
From the petty to the profound, Festivus is all about honoring grievances big and small. Before jumping into the new...