RTA Wants to Restore All-Day Services for Some SMART Bus Routes

Wikipedia Commons User GTD Aquitaine The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan is asking the SMART bus system to restore...

Flint Doctor: Residents Should Continue To Use Water Filters

Laura Nawrocik/ CC A Genesee County pediatrician suggests Flint homes should use water filters even after the city switches back to the...

Duggan Appoints New Fire Commissioner

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan today appointed former police officer Eric Jones as the city’s Interim Fire Commissioner....

Wayne State is Unveiling a New Research Lab to Address Health Disparities

Del arte/ CC Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Wayne State University officials will unveil the school’s Integrative Biosciences Center Wednesday. The...

Flint City Council Approves $2 Million for Switch to Detroit Water

Sarah Razak / CC Flint’s City Council has approved a deal to pay $2 million to help the city switch...

Detroit Future City Issues Field Guide For Residents

The Detroit Future City project has issued a field guide for city residents.  Its purpose is to give ideas to...

Five Detroit Businesses Spotlighted on “Start-Up”

Host Stephen Henderson talks with Jenny Feterovich and Gary Bredow of the PBS show "Start Up."   Detroit: “Start Up”...

Flint Needs Millions of Dollars to join Detroit Water System after Lead Controversy

Host Stephen Henderson talks with Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint Twp) about Flint’s water crisis, and the search for a new...

On Point’s Tom Ashbrook: “Show Offers News and Obsurity”

Stephen Henderson speaks with Tom Ashbrook, host of the NPR program On Point. Ashbrook says he spent many years in...

Southfield Buys Northland Mall

Nikolai Nolan/ CC The City of Southfield is buying Northland Mall near Eight Mile Road and the Lodge Highway. The...

Homes Values Increase After Blight Removal

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET A report shows residents in Detroit are seeing an increase in home values as more blighted homes...

Is Binge Drinking on Campuses Out of Control?

A University of Michigan student died over the summer after falling from a parking deck, and through a glass enclosure....