U.S. Sen. Gary Peters on Missing Children, North Korea, and America’s Role in World

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson is broadcasting live this week from Mackinac Island for the Detroit Regional...

Top Democratic Candidates for Governor Join Detroit Today

Cheyna Roth/MPRN This year’s race for governor is beginning to heat up. A number of candidates have already shown they’re...

Michigan Now Leads Nation in Interpreting LGBTQ Discrimination Cases, Say Advocates

Equality Michigan The state Department of Civil Rights is now accepting complaints from people who say they’ve faced discrimination based...

LIVE: Mackinac Policy Conference 2018

The Mackinac Policy Conference is underway.  Hundreds of lawmakers, community activists, and business leaders are on Mackinac Island this week...

Introducing ‘MichMash’ — WDET’s New Segment Breaking Down Statewide Issues

WDET Digital MichMash is WDET's new weekly series in which hosts Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth "un-jumble" important and sometimes under-the-radar...

MichMash: Could Metro Detroit’s Transit Woes Be Solved on an Island With No Cars?

WDET Digital Southeast Michigan's transit woes and the political bickering surrounding them are the stuff of legend. Those transit problems...

CEO’s say Metro Detroit Languishing Because of Poor Regional Transit

WDET is examining issues affecting transportation as part of our series “Policy Meets the People: Mi Voice, MI Vote.” Jake Neher/WDET...

Many Metro Area Cities Paralyzed By Inability to Raise Revenues

The State of Michigan last week announced that it has a 315-million dollar revenue surplus for the coming fiscal year....

From Bridge Magazine: Could Historic Fort Wayne Become a National Park? [TRANSCRIPT]

Pat Batcheller/WDET The Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to start construction in southwest Detroit this September, and increasingly city...

How Did We Get Here? A Visual Timeline of Mass Transit in Southeast Michigan

Did you know that commuter rail service ran between Detroit and Ann Arbor as late as 1984? Or that Detroit...

Former NFL Player: New Anthem Rule Morally and Professionally Flawed

The Undefeated The NFL’s team owners have decided to penalize players if they kneel during the national anthem. The decision...

Rep. Fred Upton and Rep. Debbie Dingell Team Up to Battle Opioid Addiction

U.S. House of Representatives In the current political era it's often easy to forget that there are Republicans and Democrats...