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Michigan health officials say the number of drug overdoses related to opioid use in the state jumped by almost 20% during...

What’s In A Word? How ‘Sex’ Could Reshape LGBTQ Rights in Michigan

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Issues affecting the LGBTQ community have made statewide and national news this week. President Trump tweeted about his...

Are These Bugs Pestering You?

Winter weather conditions helped produce an abundance of Box Elder Bugs in Southeast Michigan. The beetle-like bugs have a black...

Head Start Programs Looking for Staff

Detroit’s largest early childhood learning program is looking for help. The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan and Head Start plan...

Brown Recluse Spider Spins its Web Throughout Most Southeast Michigan Counties

News of a nasty arachnid  that’s made its way to Michigan is prompting hundreds of residents to send pictures of...

Detroit’s Brightmoor Neighborhood Struggled With Ripples of July 1967

Editor's note: John Notarianni wrote and produced this report for WDET. It aired in 2007. During Detroit's civil unrest in...

Trump Official Pledges Tax Relief, Health Care Help for Small Business Owners

sba.gov Congress continues to grapple with health care reform. But another item on the GOP agenda is still awaiting attention....

Water Shutoffs A Public Health Crisis?

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A panel of health professionals and civil rights activists says the water shutoffs in Detroit are creating a...

LGBTQ Activists Call for Clarity in State’s Civil Rights Law

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET LGBT activists say the state’s civil rights law is too vague when it comes to discrimination based on...

Before 1967, Black Nationalism Was Taking Root in Detroit

Editor's note: Nkenge Zola produced this report for WDET. It aired in 1997. When Detroit police raided an after-hours night...

FLOW Calls Analysis of the Line 5 Pipeline ‘Unreliable’

Pat Batcheller A Great Lakes advocacy organization is criticizing a report on possible alternatives to using Enbridge Energy's ‘Line 5’...

Schuette Charges 11 with Faking Records in Veterans Neglect Scandal

WDET Eleven former employees of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans have been charged with felonies for falsifying reports to...