Job security and cost reduction part of UAW, Detroit automakers contract talks
Detroit’s automakers and the United Auto Workers are currently in collective bargaining talks. Discussions are ongoing with General Motors —...
Former Detroit firefighter and police pension chair reflects on personal cost of city’s bankruptcy
This month marks 10 years since Detroit became the largest U.S. city to ever file for bankruptcy. Then-emergency manager Kevyn...
Detroit Evening Report: 31st annual Concert of Colors happening now in Detroit
The annual Concert of Colors started this week and culminates in a weekend full of performances from local, national and...
Metro Detroit Youth Day hopes to continue motivating thousands of kids at Belle Isle
The Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation hosted the 39th annual Metro Detroit Youth Day at Belle Isle earlier this month, providing...
WDET wins general excellence, 14 additional awards from Michigan Associated Press
Detroit's NPR Station 101.9 WDET was recognized for its general excellence in audio journalism and secured 14 other awards, including...
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for...
Whitmer signs bills to make carry-out cocktails permanent, allows alcohol sales at college stadiums
A provision to make alcohol more accessible to help Michigan bars and restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic was made permanent.Subscribe...
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 on...
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 Evening...
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...