The Compromise Whitmer and Republicans Can Make to Fix the Roads

Reaction to Governor Whitmer’s newly released plan to fix the roads has predominately fallen along party lines. "We have built...

Duggan Says Whitmer ‘Quickly Becoming the Auto Jobs Governor’

Gov. Whitmer is "quickly becoming the auto jobs governor," Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Wednesday night on the floor of...

Primary Simulation Gives Cass Tech Students Glimpse of Voting Process

We’re a little over a month away from Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, and just three days away from the first caucus...

Brexit Happens Today. Here’s How It Could Affect Michigan.

As of 6 p.m. today, or 11 p.m. if you're in the United Kingdom, Britain will become the first country to...

Will Whitmer’s New Plans for Roads And Schools Work?

“Fix the damn roads” has evolved from a campaign rallying cry to an anxious plea. With little headway made on...

India’s Democracy Faces New Test With Citizenship Law

There’s an event happening today at Wayne State University devoted to examining Indian democracy. Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson delves...

Whitmer Ready With ‘Plan B’ for Road Money, Potential Affordable Care Act Repeal

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she’s ready to go-it-alone to come up with money to pay for road repairs. That’s if...

Play WDET Bingo With Gov. Whitmer’s ‘State of the State’ Address Tonight

Meta Stange / WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is scheduled to deliver her second ‘State of the State’ speech tonight at...

Border Agent On Blocked Iranian MSU Student: ‘We Don’t Coerce People’

An incoming Michigan State University student from Iran was blocked from entering the U.S at Detroit Metro Airport. Alireza Yazdani...

This 19th Century Political Power Couple Holds Lessons for Modern America

It was an era of political division, a rapidly changing media environment and anti-immigrant sentiment.  No, not 21st century America. This was...

Michigan Has A New Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Meta Stange If it's not green ooze leaching onto I-696, it's the air pollution in southwest Detroit. If it's not...

State Capitol’s ‘Boy’s Club’ Culture Impacts Everyone

The burgeoning scandal concerning allegations of sexual harassment at the State Capitol have spurred a conversation around toxic masculinity in...