Health, environmental groups join lawsuit to overturn EPA ozone designation in Detroit

Health and environmental groups are joining a Sierra Club lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrongly found that southeast Michigan now...

Detroit Councilwoman Mary Waters focusing on housing in 2024

Mary Waters is one of two at-large members of the council. Voters elected her in 2021. Before that she served...

Lions finally giving fans, including Eminem, chance to cheer for a winner after decades of futility

DETROIT (AP) — Eminem stood alongside Pro Football Hall of Famers Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson before the Detroit Lions hosted a playoff game for the first time...

CultureShift: How to heal your intergenerational relationships in 2024

Embarking on a fresh year often brings about new resolutions or, at the very least, an internal commitment to enhance...

UAW continues organizing efforts at non-union factories in the South

Amid resistance from politicians and car companies, the United Auto Workers union continues its effort to organize in the South....

Detroit Today: The opportunity gap for Black students in Michigan — and how to close it

A recent report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that African American children face the steepest obstacles to opportunity...

Detroit Councilman Fred Durhal on the evolution of his district, plans for 2024

Fred Durhal III has been a Detroit City Council member for District 7 since the end of 2021. He says...

WDET 2023 listener survey results

Last summer, WDET asked listeners to take an in-depth survey to help improve public radio in Detroit. The survey received...

Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial...

Detroit Evening Report: MSP shares results of independent report on discriminatory policing

Michigan State Police say a review by an independent consulting firm found racial disparities in its traffic enforcement do not...

Whitmer: State of the State proposals will ‘help people keep money in their pockets’

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered a few hints Wednesday, but no details, of plans she will outline next week in her...

Judge to allow testimony, video from Oxford school shooting at Crumbley trials

An Oakland County judge is allowing prosecutors to present testimony and video from the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School...