What Are Those Flashing Green Lights Doing on Detroit Businesses? [MAP, CHART]
On a sunny, September evening, about two dozen people were holding signs and marching at a gas station on the...
What Are Those Flashing Green Lights Doing on Detroit Businesses? [MAP, CHART]
On a sunny, September evening, about two dozen people were holding signs and marching at a gas station on the...
Michigan Cities, Counties Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Crisis
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A handful of counties and cities in Michigan, including Detroit, are filing a federal lawsuit against large pharmaceutical...
StoryCorps Detroit: A Front Row Seat to the Looting of 1967
In this StoryCorps Detroit segment, 82-year-old Clarice Rodgers asks her son, Curtis Rodgers, Jr., what he was up to when...
StoryCorps Detroit: Poetry and Parenting
Detroit-based poet jessica Care moore first gained national attention for her poetry performances when she won five weeks in a...
State Lawmakers Say Goodbye to 2017: Here’s What They Did and Didn’t Do
Michigan Senate The Michigan Legislature has adjourned until 2018. As usual, lawmakers passed a flurry of bills before leaving for...
Ahead of New Star Wars Film — A Look Back At ‘Star Wars’ The Missile Defense System
Jake Neher/WDET Lately on Thursdays, Detroit Today has been talking about issues that used to dominate news headlines but have sort of...
Congress Members Call for Investigation into Sex Harassment Allegations Against Trump
Jake Neher/WDET About 100 members of Congress are calling for an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made against President...
Ahead of First Winter Storm, School Districts Close [LIST, MAP]
Several southeast Michigan school districts announced Wednesday closures, hours ahead of the storm the National Weather Service predicts could drop...
Former USA Gymnastics, MSU Doctor Sentenced to 60 Years for Child Porn
Michigan Legislature A federal judge in Michigan is sentencing a former doctor for the USA Gymnastics team to 60 years...
Will Metro Detroit Voters See Another Transit Millage on the 2018 Ballot?
Matt Trevethan/WDET Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel delivered his State of the County speech on Wednesday night at the Macomb Center for...
Legislature Compromises, Adopts Scaled-Back Local Retirement Overhaul
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican leaders have backed down from a plan to give the state sweeping authority to...
What Did Kwame Kilpatrick’s Sentence Tell Us About Our Criminal Justice System?
Jake Neher/WDET It's been more than nine years since the fall of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The sharp and charismatic...