Changing This 2011 State Law Could Get Transit on the Ballot in 2020
The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan has struggled to get public funding since its inception. In 2016, the RTA asked...
This General Motors Worker Had Worked for 35 Years When His Plant Was Shut Down. Now, He’s Striking.
Laura Herberg/WDET Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. The United Auto...
Group Recommends Police Oversight Changes, Stripping Mayor’s Office of Appointment Power
City Bureau The Regional Transit Authority is conducting a study on expanding transit services across counties and a focus group proposed...
Lawmakers Eye Road Compromise As They Return to State Capitol
MPRN State lawmakers are back in Lansing this week after their summer break, and they have some big tasks ahead of...
Meet Dave Coulter, Oakland County’s New Executive
Jake Neher/WDET For the first time ever, a Democrat is Oakland County executive. After two weeks of political wrangling, the County...
GOP State Sen. Peter Lucido Talks Road Negotiations, Budget, Possible Run For Congress
State lawmakers head back to Lansing on Tuesday after their summer break. They have some hefty tasks to tackle between...
This Community Hosts an Annual Catholic Blessing For Semi Truck Drivers
It’s a Saturday afternoon in Southwest Detroit and 50 to 60 community members gather at Our Lady Queen of Angels church. It’s a...
Is Your Local Road Ready for a Bike Lane?
Jake Neher/WDET Traveling around Metro Detroit in the last few years, you might notice that some communities are getting rid of...
Metro Detroit Remembers L. Brooks Patterson, Colorful and Controversial Oakland County Executive, Dead at 80
The Unexpected Goodbye Patterson broke the news about his condition a hastily-called press conference in March. The brash Patterson...
Gov. Whitmer On First Six Months: Legislature Took a Break “Before the Work was Done”
Jake Neher/WDET The first half of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s first year in office has passed, and there’s been a lot of...
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...