Detroit Schools Finances: How’s the New District Doing?

Citizens Research Council of Michigan In its first fiscal year of existence, the Detroit Public Schools Community District is projected...

Former Detroit FBI Official Reacts to Comey Testimony

Jake Neher/WDET On Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey testified for three hours publicly before the Senate Intelligence Committee. There were...

Feds Arrest Dearborn Man for Allegedly Supporting Terrorist Group

justice.gov   Federal authorities say they have arrested two men, including one from Michigan, for allegedly providing support to a...

Court of Appeals Says It’s OK for Colleges to Ban Guns on Campus

University of Michigan Colleges are allowed to ban guns on their campuses. That was the decision of the Michigan Court...

Ahead of Comey Testimony, Russia Expert Talks Status, Scope of Investigation

J. Carlisle Larsen Today's the day former FBI Director James Comey will testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee....

Why Do We Lie? NatGeo Writer Says It’s Human Nature

Jake Neher/WDET Yudhijit Bhattacharjee doesn't think honesty is always the best policy, and he says neither do James Comey, Donald Trump,...

Lead Not Likely the Cause of Increased Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in Flint But…

“Often when people present with pneumonia, doctors are thinking of the common bacteria like pneumococcal pneumonia or streptococcus pneumoniae. Legionnaires'...

Legislature Moving Budget Bills Despite Standoff with Gov. Snyder

Jake Neher/WDET There’s no end yet to the standoff between Gov. Rick Snyder and the Legislature’s Republican leaders that’s delayed wrapping...

State House Committee Adopts “Sanctuary Cities” Ban

Jake Neher/WDET A state House committee has adopted bills that would require local officials to help enforce federal immigration laws....

The Intersection: Police and Community Relations in Detroit [TIMELINE]

Sandra Svoboda/WDET Nearly 50 years after a police raid at 12th and Clairmount streets ignited violence and carnage, WDET and...

Heads of Michigan’s Major Utilities React to Paris Climate Withdrawal, Discuss Energy Landscape

Jake Neher/WDET The subject of "energy" never gets old in the state of Michigan. We're surrounded by massive, powerful bodies...

Michigan Dems Propose Bill to Seize Guns of People Deemed a Threat

Jake Neher/WDET Some Democrats in the state Legislature are calling for a law that would allow authorities to seize the...