Michigan DEQ Proposing Plan to Reduce Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in Southwest Detroit

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is decreasing sulfur dioxide emission limits in southwest Detroit. Officials are working with area manufacturers...

High School Student Work in Healthcare Field through DMC Program

Parkerdr/Creative Commons Detroit high school students are receiving experience in the healthcare field through a summer program called Project Genesis. The...

Macomb County Officials Looking for State Road Funding

Marissa Gawel/WDET Macomb County is in need of several unexpected bridge repairs this year. County Executive Mark Hackel is calling...

How Can Boxing Help Detroit Youth?

Stephen Henderson talks with Khali Sweeny, founder and program director of Downtown Boxing Gym and Dorian Hogan, youth boxer, about...

New Detroit Red Wings Arena Contracts Will Go to Detroit Businesses

Stephen Henderson talks with Doug Diggs, president of Heritage Development Services, about the Olympia Development contract outreach event for the new...

Ten Years Post Katrina: New Orleans’ Economy

Stephen Henderson talks with Rodrick Miller, president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and founding president and CEO...

WalletHub Says Detroit is 10th Worst Place to Retire [Map]

A new survey says Detroit is one of the ten worst U.S. cities in which to retire. WalletHub ranked the...

CuriosiD: When Detroit was Armed with Missiles

For this edition of CuriosiD, we tackle a question from Steven Gold. Click on the audio player above or use...

THAW Water Assistance Funds Dried Up

Laura Nawrocik/ CC Officials say a fund that helped over 2000 Detroit residents pay their water bills is out of...

N.W.A’s Problems with Women

Kim Trent,  a member of the Wayne State Board of Governors, speaks with Stephen Henderson about the newly released movie...

Lawmaker: State Should Make Income Tax Collection Easier for all Michigan Cities

Some state lawmakers say Michigan should make it easier for cities to collect income taxes. Legislation making its way through the...

After Detroit: Fiscal Lessons Learned for Other U.S. Municipalities

Detroit’s bankruptcy did not set off a national wave of municipal Chapter 9 filings, but the case continues to draw...