Restrictions on Special Elections Moving Through State Legislature

Rick Pluta/Michigan Public Radio Network (MPRN) State lawmakers who are expelled or resign from their seats in the Legislature shouldn’t get...

Brenda Jones: Evans’ Approach to Rock Ventures Proposal is Smart

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans delivered his State of the County speechTuesday. During his remarks, Evans touted an operating surplus...

Michigan Is Running Out of Environmental Cleanup Money

Sandra Svoboda The state is close to running out of money to clean thousands of abandoned, polluted properties all across...

Detroit Today…Tonight: How’s Detroit Doing with Education? [VIDEO, COMMUNITY MEETING]

Click above to watch WDET's Facebook Live stream of "Detroit Today...Tonight: How's Detroit Doing with Education?" Detroit Superintendent Alycia Meriweather...

Howard Dean on Dems’ Future: “My Generation… We Ought to Get The Hell Out of the Way”

Howard Dean Democrats across the country took a beating in November, and now Republicans control every branch of the federal...

President Trump Has Not Touched Policy That Creates Opportunities for Undocumented Millennials

Angela Martinez is one of nearly three quarters of a million young adults who have essentially told the federal government...

Is Islamophobia On The Rise?

Today, we hoped to speak with an expert on Islamic law about misconceptions about Shari’a law. She was scheduled to...

Flint Begins Paying Full Price for Tainted Water Utility Bills

Amber Neher Officials in Michigan say they will no longer help residents in Flint pay their water bills. The state...

Former Detroit Health Director Talks About Jumping Into Race for Governor

Laura Weber Davis/WDET The 2018 race for governor is beginning to take shape, and we already have a sense of...

Historic Boat Club on Belle Isle Gets New Lease

After years of uncertainty about its future, managers of the Detroit Boat Club facility on Belle Isle say they now have...

Michigan Democrats in Congress React To Trump’s Address

J. Carlisle Larsen/WDET President Donald Trump made his first address to Congress last night. Trump stuck to his written speech,...

Development Plans Unveiled for Riverfront Area of Detroit’s East Side [RENDERINGS]

The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy has unveiled plans for parks and other amenities on the city's east side. Scroll through the...