How Detroit Parents Pick Schools

  For Detroit parents, the decision making about where to send their children to school sometimes begins even before they...

Families Of Fallen First Responders To Get Expanded Benefits

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Families of first responders in Michigan can expect to get expanded benefits soon. Gov. Rick Snyder signed...

Political Journalist Ron Fournier Previews Tonight’s Debate, Talks About Returning To Detroit

Courtesy of the Michigan Democratic Party Detroit native Ron Fournier made his career writing about Bill and Hillary Clinton in...

Looking Back On Education in Detroit [UNCUT INTERVIEW]

WDET / Laura Herberg WDET's Laura Herberg met up with Darlene Alston at her Just A Bit Eclectic tea shop on...

Crossing the Lines: Walkerville Is Seeing a Resurgence

WDET reporters have been spending the past few weeks in Windsor, talking to residents as part of our “Crossing The...

Senate To Vote On Flint Fix-Up Oversight

Jake Neher Flint could name its own experts to oversee the response to the city’s drinking water crisis under a...

Snyder Signs New Medical Marijuana Rules

WDET There will be new rules soon in Michigan governing how medical marijuana is grown, shared, and sold. Gov. Rick...

MSU Sociologist Reflects On Latest Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man

Rick Pluta, MPRN Last night protests erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the fatal police shooting of a black man. ...

How Dearborn Schools Opened Its Doors To Immigrant Students

Jake Neher/WDET    Dearborn is setting a standard for how American cities can be inclusive with the growing number of...

Who Knows What… About What’s Going On… Along The Waterways?

Scientists want to better coordinate environmental programs, data collection, and other efforts taking place along the waterway between northern Lake St. Clair and...

Immigration Conference Shows The ‘Welcoming’ Side of Michigan

"We cannot afford to close our doors, close our hearts or close our minds to immigration because it has been...

AAA Courts Non-Auto Owners As Potential Members

The first Automobile Association of America meeting in Michigan happened at the Detroit Athletic Club in 1916, when most people...