First-Of-Its-Kind Elder Abuse Shelter Opens in Metro Detroit

A one of a kind shelter opens in Metro Detroit today. The Jewish Senior Life organization announced Monday, during “Worldwide Elder...

Michigan’s Heroin Epidemic

Every day somewhere across Michigan at least one person overdoses on heroin.  The number of non-fatal hospitalizations due to overdoses...

Parents Petition to Keep Guns Out of Schools

There’s a gun battle brewing in Ann Arbor with the courts and state legislature involved.  The controversy started (a few...

Outside Perspective From NPR’s Michel Martin

Ali Lapetina for NPR News Travis Wright is joined by NPR's Michel Martin in this reprise broadcast of NPR Presents Michel...

Wayne County’s Physicians Not Equally Distributed

<Asset 1236: size large, side left, caption ''. Error loading preview> Physicians are more highly concentrated in urban areas than...

City of Windsor Looking to Make its Downtown Better for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

The City of Windsor is looking to make its downtown more bike and pedestrian friendly. Planners and urban consultants in...

What Does the Water Deal Mean For Rate Payers?

Stephen Henderson talks with Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel about the new Great Lakes Water Authority deal, his role in it,...

Is New Religious Adoption Legislation Discriminatory?

Stephen Henderson talks with Douglas Laycock, Professor of Constitutional Law and Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, about Michigan’s new...

WDET’s June Eastern Market Broadcast

    WDET's Amy Miller learns there's more to Eastern Market than produce. She's joined by Eastern Market's Director of Development...

Detroit, Suburbs Formally Approve New Regional Water Authority

Officials in Metro Detroit have formally agreed to create a new regional water authority. Detroit leaders say the deal will...

Proposed Fireworks Curfew: Will It Promote Safety or Exclude Detroit’s Kids?

<Asset 888: size small, side left, caption ''. Error loading preview> Every summer during the annual Detroit Ford Fireworks, the...

Culture City: Outside Perspective From NPR’s Michel Martin

Ali Lapetina for NPR News Travis Wright is joined by NPR's Michel Martin in this reprise broadcast of NPR Presents Michel...