Pontiac’s Newly Elected Mayor Tim Greimel Says Relationship with City Council Top Priority

Voters in Pontiac on Tuesday picked a familiar name in Michigan politics to lead the city for the next four years....

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Shares Successes and Setbacks Ahead of Election

Mayor Mike Duggan is making a bid for a third term as mayor of Detroit in Tuesday's election. If he...

After Cuts to Federal Spending Plan, Slotkin Says She’s Focused on Broadband, EV Infrastructure

Congressional Democrats are still working through the reconciliation process to get President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda passed, having...

The Regional Transit Authority Is Revising Its Long-term Plans for Moving People Around in Metro Detroit

The COVID-19 pandemic battered mass transit in Metro Detroit. Public health orders mandated masks and distance rules for bus drivers...

As DDOT Cuts Service, Bus Riders and Drivers Worry About the Coming Winter

Eli Newman/WDET Jimmie Berry is waiting for the bus. So are a lot of people at the State Fairgrounds Transit...

Unpacking the Infrastructure Package and What It Means for Michigan

Earlier this week, the Senate passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, a sweeping piece of legislation that has already made...

Reps. Debbie Dingell and Fred Upton on Bipartisan Support for Sweeping Infrastructure Bill

A monumental $1 trillion infrastructure bill took shape earlier this week in Washington. Two lawmakers from Michigan, who were part of the...

Southeast Michigan Grappling with New Climate Realities

Large floods have been devastating Southeast Michigan throughout the summer, and the intensifying storms can be linked directly to a...

MDOT Says I-75 Will Remain Down to One Lane Through August for Repairs

Early in July a tanker fire on I-75 at Big Beaver caused the freeway to close and has since left it...

AAA Michigan Projects Record Travel Numbers for Fourth of July Weekend

As the country comes out of the coronavirus pandemic, the travel industry is preparing for a busy Independence Day weekend. AAA...

Cities Turn to Removing Highways as Form of Revitalization

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill, the American Jobs Plan, has put the future of highways at the forefront of many...

Canada’s Pitch to Make the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel a Mass Vaccination Site

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel could become a mass vaccination site as Canadian officials work to access surplus coronavirus shots in the...