Detroit Evening Report: Warming centers, respite locations now open throughout the city

The City of Detroit has opened up warming centers around the city to give residents a break from the cold...

CultureShift Events Guide: Noel Night, artisan gifts and more

WDET has a jam-packed schedule this weekend, and I don't just mean on our broadcast. Our team will be dining...

Deadline for property tax assistance program approaching for Detroit residents

The deadline for Detroit’s Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) program is Dec. 11. The state-mandated program — formerly called the Homeowners...

Detroit Evening Report: State fund to help homeowners with mortgage payments nearly tapped

Homeowners who faced an economic challenge during the pandemic have less than three weeks to apply for state aid.  Subscribe...

Detroit Audubon is now Detroit Bird Alliance

Detroit Audubon has a new name. The bird-centered conservation nonprofit will now be known as Detroit Bird Alliance, the group...

DER Weekends: Stephen Henderson building a local news culture centering Detroit voices

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET's Sascha Raiyn talks with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson...

Alzheimer’s activist Rebecca Chopp recommends testing early for the disease

November is Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. There’s 6.7 million people 65 and older that have Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S....

CultureShift: The importance of land acknowledgments and honoring Michigan’s Indigenous peoples

What do you know about the history of the land that you’re currently standing on? Its past, its present and...

Supporters: Language access bills a potential ‘gamechanger’

Michigan bills awaiting the governor’s signature would require government agencies to provide language-access services for people with limited English proficiency....

Whitmer signs more bills to repeal abortion restrictions

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Tuesday to roll back more abortion restrictions remaining on the books in Michigan even though...

Will the new I-375 boulevard be like the Davison?

The construction of I-375 in downtown Detroit beginning in the late 1950s hastened the destruction of the majority Black neighborhoods...

Detroit Evening Report: Whitmer announces new program to help Highland Park residents pay water bills

Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced a new residential assistance program for Highland Park residents who need help to pay water...