State’s Richest County Just Created Universal Free Breakfast Program
Gus Navarro/WDET The richest county in Michigan is doing something unprecedented for its low-income residents -- as well as many...
How Concerned Should We Really Be About Our Data and Privacy Online?
Jake Neher/WDET Technology makes our lives a lot easier and faster. The phones that are constantly in our hands, for instance, are...
A Detroit Woman is Teaching People in Brooklyn How to Buy Real Estate in Detroit
Asia Denson stands in front of a group of people in a conference room at a Hilton Hotel in Brooklyn,...
Duggan Tries to Make Case City’s Comeback Equitable, Reaching Neighborhoods
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave his sixth State of the City speech on Tuesday. Duggan, as he does...
‘Documenters’ Project Launches New Round of Training for Residents Covering Local Meetings
Tafari Stevenson-Howard WDET, Outlier Media, Citizen Detroit, and City Bureau have been teaming up for several months to help Detroiters attend and document public meetings. ...
Are Michiganders Willing to Shoulder a 45-cent Gas Tax Increase for Better Roads?
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking lawmakers to approve a big gas tax increase to fix the roads -- 45 cents...
Michigan’s Options for Fixing the Damn Roads
Joan Isabella/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will lay out her first budget proposal this week. We expect it will explain in more...
What Is the Lake Erie Bill of Rights?
It's been almost five years since toxic algae polluted Toledo's water supply. Despite efforts to reduce phosphorus and other pollution...
MichMash: Marijuana Could Once Again Be On Your Ballot in 2019
WDET Digital Recreational marijuana is now legal in Michigan. But some Michigan voters aren’t done casting ballots on cannabis issues....
The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 [AUDIO, TRANSCRIPT]
WDET recently aired a story about the Michigan Polar Bears — a group of soldiers who trained in Battle Creek and...
‘Is This Really Happening Right Now?’ Rep. Lawrence Reacts to Attempt to Prove Trump Not Racist
Brenda Lawrence This week’s testimony from President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was riveting enough. But later...
Detroit Future City: Black Middle Class Under Siege, But Opportunities Exist
Jake Neher/WDET A new report by Detroit Future City tells us some really interesting, and frankly disturbing, things about the city’s...