MichMash: Do Running Mates Matter in Michigan’s Race for Governor?

WDET Digital Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has made his choice for a running mate in his bid to become...

Medical Researchers: Kids Were Not ‘Poisoned’ In Flint Water Crisis

Jake Neher/WDET When we think about the horrors of the Flint Water Crisis, the thing that often comes to mind first...

Schuette Picks Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons as Running Mate

Cheyna Roth/MPRN Attorney General Bill Schuette has chosen Lisa Posthumus Lyons as his running mate for the November election. Schuette...

What’s Next In Michigan’s Gerrymandering Debate?

The "Voters Not Politicians" proposal to change how redistricting is done in Michigan will appear on the November ballot --...

HUD Plans to Stop Linking Affordable Housing Funds to Search for Segregation

carsonscholars.org The Trump Administration says it plans to change regulations that tie federal funding for affordable housing to municipalities’ efforts...

Is Racial Hatred More or Less Empowered One Year After Charlottesville?

Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb This week marks one year since white nationalists, white supremacists, and Nazis marched in the streets of Charlottesville,...

How Did Media Miss Betty Jean Alexander’s Campaign Before Shocking Victory?

Betty Alexander Facebook “Shock” might be the best way to describe the reaction of journalists and political watchers to last...

Detroit Casino Revenue in July Rises Slightly from 2017

Detroit’s three casinos’ combined June revenue of $119 million was up from the same month a year, according to the...

GOP’s DeShawn Wilkins Hopes to Stop Betty Jean Alexander’s Unlikely Trajectory Toward State Senate

Jake Neher/WDET Last week, one of the more surprising results from the primary elections in Michigan was the Democratic contest...

‘It Touches You…It’s Traumatic’–The Effects of Eviction and Housing Insecurity on Kids

WDET This Wednesday, the Detroit Today team is having another in-community book club meeting for their summer reading of Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer...

MichMash: ‘The Ballad of Betty Jean,’ Michigan’s Real Life Political Mystery

WDET Digital One result from Tuesday’s primary elections has local reporters and political watchers scratching their heads. One of the...

Oakland Exec Prefers ‘Joining the Klan’ to Helping CEO’s Drive Investment to Detroit

Jake Neher/WDET The head of Oakland County’s government says he would rather be part of the Ku Klux Klan than...