Sierra Club to Support Fracking Ban in Michigan
Joshua Doubek Members of the Sierra Club are collecting signatures for a ballot initiative to ban the practice of fracking...
Driverless Car Technology Still Miles Away From Reaching Public Roadways
The University of Michigan is opening a $10 million test facility to help develop autonomous, so-called “driverless” vehicle technology. Called...
Michigan Lawmakers Fight Plan to Stamp Out Post Offices
New legislation introduced in Congress is attempting to keep three U.S. mail processing centers in Michigan off of the chopping...
State Hears Concerns Over Abuse of Prescription Meds
State officials say they want to hear stories this week from those dealing with prescription drug abuse. Experts say the...
U-M Opens 32-Acre Test Site for Driverless Cars [Video]
Officials with the University of Michigan are opening a new test track today featuring cars with no drivers. The 32-acre facility, called Mcity, contains...
How Pluto Mission Has Reshaped Space Research [report]
NASA’s New Horizons space probe flew past Pluto last week, sending detailed images and a lot of data back to Earth....
Detroit Park, Neighborhood Helping Each Other Grow
Daniel Long/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has said for the city to prosper it must become a place where people...
Is the Detroit Housing Market Rebounding? Or is it in a Bubble?
Ian Freimuth (Flickr - Ifmuth) The 2008 housing market crash still has ripple effects in Detroit seven years later. Many...
Construction Underway on M-39 Bridge
i_yudai/ CC Construction is underway on a new pedestrian bridge over the M-39 freeway at Cathedral Avenue. The bridge was...
City Officials Knew of Ambassador Bridge Company’s Unauthorized Work
An email exchange between Detroit officials and the state confirms that various city departments knew about the Ambassador Bridge company’s...
Southwest Detroit Discusses New Plans for Historic Fort Wayne
Officials in southwest Detroit are discussing plans to revive Historic Fort Wayne. As the state prepares to build its new Gordie...
Riverside Park Land Swap Between City and Ambassador Bridge Company
WDET’s Sandra Svoboda meets with Christine Ferretti, city hall reporter at The Detroit News, and Amber Harvey, WDET special assignments...