Drinking Water in Detroit Schools Will Be Tested for Lead
Detroit has secured funding to test drinking water in the city’s schools for lead. Drinking water in all Detroit Public...
Michigan’s Largest Private Provider of Foster and Adoption Care Makes Change
Michigan’s largest private provider of foster care and adoption services is announcing a major change. Lutheran Social Services of Michigan...
Lack of State Regulations Leaves Michigan Marijuana Industry in Limbo and Largely Illegal
Industry analysts say Michigan’s lack of oversight and regulation of medical marijuana businesses has, all-in-all, created an illegally operating industry....
Musical Swings Come to Detroit
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET A musical swing set is on tour, visiting Detroit’s Cadillac Square Park. The art piece, called “The...
Civil Rights Group Challenges Terror Watch List
A local civil rights organization is challenging what it says are thousands of innocent Muslims placed on the federal terrorist...
Detroit Education Commission set to anchor Detroit School Reform
Michigan lawmakers are set to consider reform legislation for Detroit Public Schools when they return from Spring recess this month....
State Seeks Bidders for Mackinac Pipeline Study
The state has extended the deadline for companies to bid on work studying Enbridge Line 5. That’s the oil and gas...
Belle Isle Lake Could Reconnect to Detroit River
Michael Ference Belle Isle’s Lake Okonoka may soon be reconnected to the Detroit River. The non-profit group Friends of Detroit...
Former Detroit Mayor Gribbs Dies
Former Detroit Mayor Roman Gribbs has died. He spent roughly half-a-century in public life, moving from roles as a prosecutor...
Detroit Water Director Says City Targeting Past-Due Business Owners
Recent published reports say the city of Detroit shut off water service to more than 20,000 residents behind on utility...
“Every Third Bite Requires a Pollinator” So What Happens When the Bees are Gone?
Spring is officially here and gardeners are pondering what to plant this year. One of the new trends in gardening...
Water Officials Say They’re Boosting Efforts to Collect on Delinquent Commercial Water Accounts
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Yesterday on Detroit Today, host Stephen Henderson spoke with a Detroit News investigative reporter about water shutoffs that continue...