Amazon’s Expanding Michigan Footprint Is Good News Only If Workers Can Unionize, Levin Says
Amazon’s footprint in Michigan will soon get much bigger. The online retail giant recently announced it will open four new...
Mackinac Policy Conference 2021: It’s Time to Rethink Stance on Burying Power Lines, Says One Michigan Utility Executive
Why don’t we put the power lines underground? That’s a question more Michiganders are asking these days after the summer...
Mackinac Policy Conference 2021: Duggan Talks Refusal to Debate in November Election, Detroit City Council Troubles
The Detroit mayoral election is six weeks away, just as the Detroit City Council faces an FBI investigation on suspicion...
Mackinac Policy Conference 2021: Improving Infrastructure Will Take Unified Action, Says Wayne County Executive Evans
Southeast Michigan residents, still dealing with the effects of severe flooding during the summer, have been calling for large infrastructure...
Southeast Michigan Could See 2-4 Inches of Rain This Week
Metro Detroiters have seen plenty of rain this summer -- and more is in the forecast over the next couple...
Communities of Color Were Hit Hard by COVID-19. These Detroit Entrepreneurs Persevered and Rose Above the Challenges
Detroit has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year and a half. The city says more...
Michigan’s New Redistricting Process Features Unprecedented Transparency and One “Awful Map”
Three years after Michigan voters approved a state constitutional amendment to overhaul the process of creating political maps, the brand-new Michigan...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Southeast Michigan’s Failing Infrastructure
In Southeast Michigan, hardly a week goes by lately without having to contend with the disastrous implications caused by infrastructural issues of...
Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Works in Kids Ages 5 to 11
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization...
Detroiters Who Are Behind on Rent and Facing Eviction Can Get Help from the City
Some Detroiters have been scrambling to find a place to live after the Supreme Court blocked President Biden's two-month order to extend a...
Two New Americans Reflect on Immigration Stories on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
As part of 101.9 WDET’s Book Club, we’re inviting the Detroit region to examine and discuss the text that impacts every resident...
Kildee Talks $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill and How It Could Affect Michigan Cities
Congress is back in session after its August recess, still debating President Biden's $3.5 trillion budget plan. As part of that plan,...