“The Voice That It Gives Me” [YOUTH POETRY]
It's a big week for Detroit's young poets. The Detroit Youth Poetry Grand Slam takes place at Thursday at Trinosophes,...
Milo Minute: Rah the Son, Old Empire and more
Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s byline appears in publications locally and globally. He’s been plugging ears into the Detroit music scene for...
Old Soap Factory Near Riverwalk Looking for New Life
The Stone Soap Building on Franklin Street near Detroit’s Riverwalk was built in 1907. The brink exterior of the 80,000...
Report: Most Motorists Fear Driverless Vehicles
A new national survey by the auto club AAA finds that most drivers say they would be frightened of riding...
Restrictions on Special Elections Moving Through State Legislature
Rick Pluta/Michigan Public Radio Network (MPRN) State lawmakers who are expelled or resign from their seats in the Legislature shouldn’t get...
Brenda Jones: Evans’ Approach to Rock Ventures Proposal is Smart
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans delivered his State of the County speechTuesday. During his remarks, Evans touted an operating surplus...
Michigan Is Running Out of Environmental Cleanup Money
Sandra Svoboda The state is close to running out of money to clean thousands of abandoned, polluted properties all across...
Detroit Today…Tonight: How’s Detroit Doing with Education? [VIDEO, COMMUNITY MEETING]
Click above to watch WDET's Facebook Live stream of "Detroit Today...Tonight: How's Detroit Doing with Education?" Detroit Superintendent Alycia Meriweather...
Ordinance Could Prevent Dogs from Being Chained
Detroit’s Animal Care and Control Department wants to ban long-term tethering of pets. The proposed ordinance would ban pet owners...
Howard Dean on Dems’ Future: “My Generation… We Ought to Get The Hell Out of the Way”
Howard Dean Democrats across the country took a beating in November, and now Republicans control every branch of the federal...
NPR’s Melissa Block Visits Hamtramck For New Series “Our Land”
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Longtime NPR host and special correspondent Melissa Block has been traveling across the country for her series “Our Land.” She...
