Brenda Jones Re-elected as Council President
Sandra Svoboda Brenda Jones was re-elected as Detroit City Council President Tuesday. The Council needed multiple ballots to break a...
Michigan Politics Could Get A Lot of National Attention in 2018
Rick Pluta/MPRN It’s 2018 -- and that means it’s an election year. It's already shaping up to be an especially...
Looking at the Year Ahead in National Politics with NPR’s Tamara Keith
Jake Neher/WDET President Donald Trump kicked off the new year with a controversial tweet, this time throwing into question the United...
Buckle Up: 2018 Shaping Up To Be Huge Year for Michigan Politics
Jake Neher/WDET The new year will bring lots of important decisions for Michigan voters to make at the ballot box....
Information Disparity: Local Governments Show Wide Variety in Access to Information
If you want to find out what contracts your local government has with private companies or environmental assessments of community...
POLITICO Magazine’s Tim Alberta on Being A Political Reporter Through First Year of Trump
POLITICO POLITICO Magazine feature reporter Tim Alberta covers national politics in Washington. In that role, he had the first lengthy...
Author, Historian Heather Ann Thompson Talks Winning Pulitzer in 2017
Jake Neher/WDET In April this year, author and historian Heather Ann Thompson won the Pulitzer Prize for her chilling re-telling of...
Why Isn’t the Michigan Legislature Covered by the Freedom of Information Act?
Nearly every state allows citizens to access records about state legislatures and governors. Not Michigan. It's not for a lack...
Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act: Your Right to Know About Your Government
State agencies and local governments in Michigan are required to provide records, with some exceptions, to members of the public...
Want to Ask Your Local Government for Information? Here’s Help [MAP]
Courtesy of Toby Sorios In his legal work, attorney Tony Sorios has made hundreds of requests for public information from...
Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade Talks About Life-Changing 2017
Jake Neher/WDET 2017 has been an interesting year -- and there are several people from Michigan who have had standout...
Will New Lawsuits Over Michigan’s Opioid Crisis Be as Big as Tobacco Settlements in the ’90s?
Jake Neher/WDET Nine Michigan cities and counties hope to hold drug companies responsible for the state’s opioid crisis. From the...