Is Oakland County One of the Wealthiest in America?

WDET’s Sandra Svoboda talks with WDET's Digital Editor and Multimedia Producer Nina Ignaczak, Data Driven Detroit Executive Director Erica Raleigh and Oakland County Director...

Oakland County: Land of Rich and Poor [Map]

Oakland County may be known as Detroit's wealthiest suburb, but income levels are diverse. Belts of wealth spread across the tonier...

Detroit Company Working to Fix Belle Isle’s Drainage Issues

A Detroit start-up is using a new kind of plastic to prevent rain fall on Belle Isle from running into...

Detroit Group Offering Free Swim Lessons at Belle Isle

The YMCA is offering free swimming lessons to children on Belle Isle this summer. The organization Detroit Swims plans to teach...

Wayne State Transitions to Smoke and Tobacco Free Campus

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NABJ 2018 Convention to be Held in Detroit

<Asset 1229: size small, side left, caption ''. Error loading preview> The National Association of Black Journalists has voted unanimously...

Community Asks for Autopsy Report in Kellom Case

  Community members and the family of Terrance Kellom are rallying tomorrow night asking for transparency in the investigation of the...

How Does Oakland County Stack Up Among Nation’s Wealthiest Counties? [Infographic]

Here you can see how Oakland County rivals other U.S. counties in three common measures of households’ relative wealth: median...

How Does Poverty Lower Life Expectancy?

Stephen Henderson meets with Arline Geronimus, research professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and professor at the School...

How Do Michigan’s Counties Compare in Wealth? [Map]

This interactive map allows you compare and contrast measurements of wealth between Michigan counties. Here you can look at a...

Detroit City Council Rejects Proposal to Expand City Curfew for Minors

Detroit City Council members rejected a measure today to impose a curfew on minors during the upcoming River Days Festival downtown....

Eastern Michigan University Approves 7.8% Tuition Hike

  The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents have unanimously approved a 7.8 percent tuition hike. The increase exceeds a...