The Story of Detroit’s Bankruptcy: A “Takeover” or an Inevitable Financial Crisis?
Detroit is approaching its one-year anniversary of emerging from the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy, and the city has changed. Perhaps...
City’s Finances, Leadership Culture Changed by Bankruptcy
Irvin Corley Jr. spent the past half-century providing an independent analysis of Detroit’s finances for the City Council. Quinn Klinefelter...
Picking It Up: Changes to Detroit’s Trash and Snow Removal
Throughout the bankruptcy proceedings, cuts to city pensions and threats to the Detroit Institute of Arts' collection ruled the headlines....
Voices of Detroit: A Year After Bankruptcy
WDET's Bre'Anna Tinsley traveled around the city, asking people if they believe Detroit is making a comeback and listening to...
Thousands Expected for Detroit Veterans Day Parade
Thousands of area residents are expected to show up on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit Saturday for the city’s Veterans’ Day Parade....
Windsor Film Festival Growing and Showing
The 11th annual Windsor International Film Festival started this week. Organizers say it’s the largest one so far with 90...
The Cost of Obamacare Too Much?
Enrollment for Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) opened this week. People face a tax penalty if they don’t sign up....
The Week in News: New House Speaker, Ballot Proposal Rejections, and a Lions Shake Up
This week David Shepardson, Washington DC Bureau Chief for the Detroit News, joins Stephen on Detroit Today at the NPR...
Get Covered Wayne County Event Offers Health Care Options
waynecounty.onlineparentingprograms.com Wayne County hosted a health care enrollment event in Detroit Thursday. Residents applied for Affordable Care Act coverage, Medicaid,...
Michigan DEQ Plans to Lower Phosphorus Levels in Lake Erie
Officials with Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality have devised a plan to reduce harmful chemicals in Lake Erie. The state, in...
Violence, #BlackLivesMatter, Justice and Blame
Annette Bernhardt/FLICKR Recent killings of unarmed black men and women in the United States have given rise to the Black...
Representative Candice Miller on Her Legacy in Congress and What’s Next
Michigan Congresswomen Candice Miller speaks with Stephen Henderson about her 13 years in Washington D.C. Miller serves on the Homeland...