Chain Restaurants Are Popping Up All Over Downtown Detroit

Jake Neher/WDET It was only a matter of time before the chain restaurant renaissance took hold in Detroit, says Metro Times...

Detroit Jazz Fest President Talks About How Jazz Binds Detroiters Together

Credit: Len Katz (Courtesy of Detroit Jazz Festival) Labor Day Weekend is fast approaching, and that means so is the...

Sterling Heights Officials say No Bias in Rejection of Mosque Plan

Officials in Sterling Heights say they did not discriminate against Muslims when they denied a request to build a new...

Growing Business And Community on Michigan Avenue in SW Detroit

The stretch of Michigan Avenue running through Southwest Detroit is one of the city’s most diverse and burgeoning neighborhoods. It’s...

Must Detroit Shrink to Survive?

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET   When the city of Detroit emerged from the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy almost two years ago it...

After a Three Year Delay, “The Damn Bridge Is Fixed” Over Rouge River

"The Damn Bridge is Fixed" Jefferson drawbridge b/w River Rouge & Detroit opens for the first time since 2013 @wdet...

Detroit “Pink Zoning” Initiative Puts Design Before Regulation

Detroit officials hope to cut red tape in some of its commercial corridors, putting design before regulation. With a $75,000 grant from...

CuriosiD: Who Chooses Detroit’s “Tax-Free” Renaissance Zones?

In this installment of CuriosiD, listener Paul Mungar asks ...   Who are the deciding parties when it comes to...

Greening of Detroit Inspires Students to Consider Careers in Agriculture

Greening of Detroit More than 180 Detroit students are returning from a three-day trip in the Northern Lower Peninsula to...

Satori Shakoor’s Twisted Storytellers Podcast Now Available

Laura Weber Davis, WDET Satori Shakoor is a woman who has lived what seems to be many lives.  She’s an...

The Past, Present, And Future Of Public Transit In SE Michigan

Jake Neher/WDET The Regional Transit Authority’s plan to expand and improve mass transportation in Metro Detroit will go before voters...

Delta Flights to Soon Pick Up at DTW

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Metro Airport officials say Delta flight schedules are returning to normal after many cancellations and delays on...