Detroit Today: Concert of Colors festival is a love letter to Detroit’s diversity
Originally founded by WDET’s own Ishmael Ahmed, host of This Island Earth, the Concert of Colors music festival offers a...
Detroit Evening Report: Gov. Whitmer signs package of bills expanding voter rights in Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed a bipartisan package of bills to expand voter rights. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report...
Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against 16 Republicans who acted as fake electors for...
Detroit Evening Report: Core City concrete crusher denied
Detroit’s zoning board is stopping a concrete crusher from being built in the Core City neighborhood. Subscribe to the Detroit...
Reflecting on Detroit’s bankruptcy 10 years later
It’s been 10 years since the city of Detroit, drowning in roughly $18 billion in debt, filed for Chapter 9...
Detroit Today: How has Detroit progressed since filing for bankruptcy 10 years ago?
It was 10 years ago today that Detroit made history when it became the largest U.S. city to ever file...
Detroit Today: Ann Arbor’s plan to guarantee income to small business owners
The Ann Arbor City Council recently approved a guaranteed income pilot program for 100 random entrepreneurs with low and moderate...
Detroit Today: Are corporate subsidies good for Michigan’s economy?
What’s the best way to create jobs? In Michigan and across the U.S., many Democrats and Republicans may have come...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan marks one-year anniversary of 988 crisis lifeline
Michigan is marking the one-year anniversary of its 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on...
Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords endorses Slotkin for US Senate
Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, one of the leading candidates to replace Michigan’s soon-to-retire U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, is getting...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers another air quality alert for Michigan
Michigan environmental officials warn wildfire smoke from Canada is again affecting the air in significant portions of the state. Officials...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit filmmakers receive $60K grant for short film to address vaccine hesitancy in Black communities
Harlem-based Black Public Media has awarded $160,000 in grants to projects aimed at combatting vaccine hesitancy in the Black community....