Water Crisis in Flint could be Happening Nationwide

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET     A new study released this week finds that the contamination in Flint’s water supply could...

Obamacare Has Been A ‘Boon’ For Michigan Hospitals, Says DMC’s Conrad Mallett

Jake Neher/WDET This week Detroit Today has been looking at the effects of the Affordable Care Act since it was...

The Intersection: What Is Detroit’s Business Community Doing to Address Poverty?

Nick Mattar As part of our work with the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, WDET is reporting on the issues the Kerner...

Republicans in Lansing Keep Trying To Send Public Funds to Private Schools

Elizabeth Garrett Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $16 billion K-12 education budget this week. That’s despite that fact that it would send taxpayer...

Trade Issues Likely Topic During North American Leaders Summit

President Obama travels to Ottawa today for a meeting with the leaders of Canada and Mexico. The discussions are likely...

Candidates Largely Ignoring Obamacare, But It Could Have Profound Effect on 2016 Election

Courtesy of POLITICO For such a controversial law that has been so politically toxic in recent years, we haven’t really...

What Kind of GOP Convention Will Donald Trump Plan for Cleveland?

GOP Convention, Flickr In just a few short weeks, the two major political parties will whip-up as much excitement as...

Former Detroit Mayor Bing Remembers Ali, Questions Rising Demolition Costs

Groups supporting the “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative are meeting in Detroit this week. And they are hailing the humanitarian efforts...

K-12 Budget Could Face Challenge Over Aid to Private Schools

Marissa Gawel/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder traveled to a middle school in Oakland County on Monday to sign a $16 billion...

High Court will Not Hear Kilpatrick Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s appeal of his public corruption conviction. Kilpatrick is serving...

What Has Obamacare Meant for Michigan Small Businesses?

J. Carlisle Larsen All this week, Detroit Today is exploring the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Is it working?...

Enbridge, Environmentalists Spar Over Mackinac Straits Pipeline

flickr What would happen if the oil pipeline beneath the water in the Straits of Mackinac suddenly starts leaking? Some researchers...