Michigan’s Long, Dark Winters Can Lead to “Winter Blues” or More Severely, SAD

Metro Detroit has experienced a grey and record-breaking cold winter. Well, if this is making you feel depressed, you are...

Fuel Prices Have Been Rising Steadily All Year

The good news is that it's still $1.27 less than the same time last year. AAA Michigan spokeswoman Susan Hiltz...

Looking At Proposal 1

Here's what voters will see on the May 5 ballot: A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE THE...

Governor Snyder Talks Road and School Funding at Education Summit

Governor Rick Snyder’s annual education summit is this week in Detroit. Jake Neher of Michigan Public Radio joins host Laura...

Taylor City Council Rejects Early Retirement for Laid-off Firefighters

Heather Paul / CC The Taylor City Council has rejected an early retirement request for ten firefighters who were laid...

Flint’s Water Advisory Committee Solicits Feedback at First Public Meeting Thursday

Flint’s Water Advisory Committee is holding its first meeting on Thursday. The committee was formed by Mayor Dayne Walling and...

Suh Set To Test Free Agency?

Mike Morbeck / CC The Detroit Lions are allowing the team’s top defensive player to test the open market in...

February Freeze Ranks Among Detroit’s Coldest Months Ever

  This was a very stable weather pattern. We saw it last winter, and unfortunately, we saw it in the...

Rhodes And Orr Say Trillions In Unfunded Liabilities Exist Nationwide

Last Wednesday Crain's Detroit Business named former Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and Judge Steven Rhodes as the 2014 Detroit Newsmakers of...

How To Handle Our Racist Perceptions: Personal Decisions Are Cornerstone Of Racism, Classism

Part 1 “People are often confused about why they or others have racist thoughts”. According to Sharon E. Davis that’s...

News Junkies Roundup: Downtown Traffic, Bentivolio’s Bankruptcy, And Voting At 16

A weekly panel of news junkies dissects the latest headlines. Topics include the weekend's crazy downtown traffic, Former Congressman Bentivolio filing...

Detroit Youth Poets Perform MLK Remembrance Poem

WDET Every year teen poets from the InsideOut Literary Arts Project write and perform a poem about race, society and civil rights,...