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...
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...
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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...
John Dingell Weighs In On Presidential Election, Government Unity
“Is there perfection here?” says Dingell. “Hell no, there’s not perfection here. But there is opportunity.” “You’re going to have perfect...
Federal Investigators say Flint Water Crisis was ‘Entirely Preventable’
A new federal report finds that the level of lead in the blood of children from Flint increased dramatically after...