Michigan AG Files Criminal Charges Against Former Flint Emergency Managers

Michigan’s Attorney General is filing new criminal charges in regards to the lead contamination in the city of Flint’s water...

Is Trump’s Plan For “Urban Renewal” Bad News For Cities?

Jake Neher/WDET In October, then-candidate Donald Trump laid out his plans for “urban renewal” and the rebuilding of our inner...

Michigan Could Use New Election Legislation, Says State Director of Elections

Jake Neher/WDET The recent recount showed multiple problems with voting precincts across Michigan. Those include inaccurately recorded voting numbers rendering...

Researchers to Hold Massive Archive Session to Copy Climate Data They Fear Trump Could Make Vanish

President-elect Donald Trump has made some contradictory statements regarding the science of climate change, calling it at different times a...

What’s On The Agenda For Detroit’s City Council in 2017?

Jake Neher/WDET With a new year brings new issues for public officials to deal with here in Detroit. In 2017,...

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters Talks Trump Transition, Russia, and Flint

Laura Weber Davis, WDET U.S. Senator Gary Peters joins Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson to talk about the year in...

Lawmakers Approve Overhaul Of Michigan’s Energy Policies

Sandra Svoboda/WDET A major rewrite of Michigan’s energy policy is on its way to Gov. Rick Snyder. The main focus...

Feds Sue Sterling Heights for Denying Mosque Permit

The U.S. Justice Department is suing officials in Sterling Heights for denying a group the right to build a mosque...

Bigger Cities Don’t Want to Pay for State Roads Anymore

As the legislature wraps up the 2016 session, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments is hoping legislators will approve a...

Michigan Lawmakers Approve Wolf Hunting Bill

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wolves are on the federal endangered species list. If they are ever taken off the...

Trump Wants Michigan GOP Chair to Lead National Party

President-elect Donald Trump is endorsing the head of Michigan’s Republican Party to become the chair of the GOP’s national committee....

Changes In School ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policies Headed To Gov. Snyder’s desk

Jake Neher/WDET Schools might get more freedom in how they discipline students in the future. Legislation that would alter Michigan’s...