Can Governor Ban Flavored Vaping Products Without Lawmakers? Attorney General Says Yes

WDET Digital Supporters of the vaping industry in Michigan are threatening legal action over a plan to ban flavored vaping...

Michigan Already Seeing Manufacturing Recession, Says Rep. Andy Levin

Members of Congress are back in Washington D.C. this week after their summer break. There are plenty of pressing issues to...

A Harvard Public Health Expert Weighs In On Gun Violence

Last week, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon announced that the company would stop selling certain types of guns and ammunition. Part...

Wayne County Prosecutors to Review 300 Cases Involving Claims of Innocence

Editor's note: This post and headline has been updated to include more information on what the Wayne County Commission will...

Is Newark The Next Flint?

Jake Neher/WDET Residents have been lining up Newark, New Jersey to get their bottles of water after testing revealed lead in the...

Big Tobacco Chains Want a Piece of Michigan’s Pot Market, But State Deals Blow

Now that Michigan has legalized recreational marijuana, there is a mad scramble unfolding over who will dominate what could be...

Activists Call For Ballot Initiative On Police Use of Facial Recognition Tech

A coalition of Detroit civil rights organizations blasted Detroit Police over the proposed use of facial recognition technology, citing potential for...

Google, YouTube to Pay $170 Million For Collecting Your Kids’ Data. Here’s How To Protect Children’s Privacy.

After collecting personal information from children without the consent of their parents, Google and YouTube are going to pay a...

Prosecutors Might Be Running Out Of Time To File Charges In Flint Water Crisis

WDET Digital April of next year marks the six-year anniversary of the start of the Flint Water Crisis. That’s significant, because...

Former Flint Councilman on Why Justice Hasn’t Been Served For the City

Joan Isabella/WDET State officials have apologized for the mishandling of the Flint water disaster over and over. But for one former...

The Opioid Crisis Evolves As Drug Companies Are Held Accountable and New Treatments Emerge

Jake As drug companies and their executives have amassed huge fortunes during the crisis, more than 200,000 people have died of...

The Flint Water Crisis’ Latest Victim Died Earlier This Year

This February, one of the most recent deaths caused by the Flint Water Crisis occurred: Jassmine McBride, who died 6 months...