Democrats Are Increasingly Pro-Immigrant. Here’s Why
Jake Neher/WDET Over the last 15 years or so there has been a 49-point swing in public opinion polling as to...
Labor Leaders Tour Battleground States to Blast NAFTA Replacement
Jake Neher/WDET The head of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest federation of unions, will travel to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Metro...
As Scandal-Plagued Rep. Inman Stays Away, Fall-Out Reaches Lobbyists, Constituents
WDET Digital A Republican state lawmaker faces federal charges of bribery, extortion and lying to the FBI. Representative Larry Inman is...
Netflix Central Park Five Series Spotlights Criminal Justice Problems. We Still Haven’t Fixed Them
Jake Neher/WDET In 1989, five teenage boys from Harlem were arrested and charged with the rape and beating of a...
Fight Over Fuel Economy Puts Detroit Automakers in a Pickle
Automakers -- including Detroit's "big three" -- are caught in the middle of a fight over fuel economy. On one...
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Explains Dropping Charges in Flint Water Crisis Case
Jake Neher/WDET Prosecutors have dropped all remaining charges in the Flint Water case. But they say they’re launching a new...
Dismantling the EPA: Big Regulatory Rollbacks and Lowest Staff Levels Since 1980s
This past Tuesday, four former EPA administrators testified before Congress and said that they're afraid for the public's health as...
Benton Harbor Community At Odds with Whitmer on Plan to Close High School
Jake Neher/WDET Benton Harbor’s school district is more than $18 million in debt, according to the Whitmer administration. The governor says if...
Attorney General Dana Nessel On The Constitutional Right To Education
Jake Neher/WDET Are we all guaranteed a right to literacy under the U.S. Constitution? Students in Detroit say we are....
Here’s Why Auto Insurance Companies Use Credit History to Set Rates
Rashida Tlaib for Congress Michigan consistently ranks as the state with the highest car insurance rates in the country, at almost 80...
Designing a More Inclusive Detroit For Residents, Old and New
Jake Neher/WDET How do we make sure that investment and development in Detroit are inclusive? How do we make sure...
MichMash: Lansing’s Dreams Meet Reality In Slew of Quick Fix Laws
WDET Digital New leaders at the state Capitol are successfully tackling issues that have eluded lawmakers and governors for years....
