Listeners Ask, Why Does DTW Have Those Giant Fans?

CuriosiD is a regular series where listeners pose questions to the WDET staff, who then investigate the answers. See past...

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Experts Talk Cost of Living in Detroit

Jake Neher/WDET Is it realistic to expect many more people to live, raise families, or open businesses here in the...

Michigan’s Legislative Leaders Tackle Big Issues on Mackinac

Stephen Henderson and Nolan Finley of the Detroit News moderate a panel discussion at the Mackinac Policy Conference with all...

Kresge Foundation President and CEO Discusses Early Childhood Investments, Regional Transit

Jake Neher/WDET President and CEO of the Kresge Foundation Rip Rapson sits down with Stephen Henderson at the Mackinac Policy...

2019 Mackinac Policy Conference: Gilchrist on Auto No-Fault, Roads, Budget

Garlin Gilchrist made a name for himself in Michigan politics after nearly unseating incumbent Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey in...

Preview the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference

Jerome Vaughn Sandy Baruah joins Stephen Henderson to discuss the Detroit Regional Chamber's annual Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand...

Wayne County to Spend $82 Million on Roads in 2019

MDOT Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan lawmakers are a long way from fixing the state's roads. She proposed higher fuel...

Case Study Canton: Is It Time to Come Up With New Ways to Design Suburbs?

Jerome Vaughn Southeast Michigan is a poster child for sprawl -- a metropolis designed less for people, and more for...

New Regional Fare Passes for Detroit Area Buses Start Today

The Detroit area's two bus systems, Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), are...

MichMash: Budget Burglary? More Claims of ‘Robbing Peter to Pay Paul’ at State Capitol

WDET Digital State lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are in the thick of budget negotiations. Whitmer’s road funding plan faces...

National Geographic Explores How We Design, Live in Cities

National Geographic Cities face massive challenges moving into the next part of the 21st century. Poverty, income inequality, gentrification, and...

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans Talks Tax Foreclosures, County Finances on Detroit Today

Warren C. Evans Wayne County Executive Warren Evans is fresh off his fourth State of the County speech. During the...