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...

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...