Mayor Duggan Encourages Business to Hire 8,000 Youth this Summer.
geralt/ Public Domain A Detroit initiative has set a goal to employ more than 8,000 young people this summer. Grow...
“Detroit Donates” Places Parking Meters to Fight Homelessness
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Detroiters can now help fight homelessness though re-purposed parking meters. Detroit Donate will take all spare change...
New Plans for Michigan and Trumbull Site
After years of passionate and sometimes heated debate, new plans are being finalized for the site of the old Tiger Stadium. The...
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Darnell Earley Resigns
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Darnell Earley announced Tuesday he will step down at the end of this month. Gov. Rick...
Presidential Election Spawns Donation Scams
The presidential primary season is officially underway following the caucuses in Iowa. Most of the major candidates have been campaigning,...
Union Claims State Workers Feared Retaliation if they Criticized Response to Flint Water Crisis
Some representatives of state employees in Michigan say they are taking a recent letter from Governor Rick Snyder regarding the...
A Reporter’s View on the Outcome of the Iowa Caucuses
Kent Mauck Last night’s Iowa caucus results may not be too shocking to anyone following the coverage of political candidates...
The Inside of An Iowa Caucus
Kent Mauck Every four years the word caucus enters into our political conversation. Monday’s Iowa Caucuses officially kicked off the...
People Vote on What They Care About, Whether They’re Informed or Not
Arthur Lupia, a research professor at the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan, joins Stephen Henderson, on...
Detroiters Will See Lower Property Assessments This Year
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Most Detroit homeowners will see property assessment reductions for 2016. Mayor Mike Duggan says 95 percent of homeowners will...
Congress to Grill Michigan Officials Over Flint Water Crisis
Congress plans a hearing this week on how Flint’s water supply became tainted with lead. The hearing, by the U.S....
Pot Shops Hamstrung by Federal Banking Laws Prohibiting Deposits
While driving through Detroit it’s likely that you’ve passed buildings with a big green medical cross outside. It’s part of...