How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?
Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. Broken pieces from plastic toys or bits of styrene from coolers...
CONTAINER on The Metro: Greg Sims
Activation: FoodChef Greg is the founder and owner of Smokey G’s Smokehouse, located at Valade Park on Detroit’s Riverfront.He was...
DER Weekends: New brunch spot Haus of Brunch offers halal soul and Middle Eastern food
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we speak with Maher Obeid, owner of a new halal brunch spot...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan celebrates five years of GetSetUp partnership
In this episode of The Detroit Evening Report, we cover a virtual learning milestone, Detroit’s jobs report and an upcoming event...
MichMash: State budget reaches new phase + Michigan selects new state superintendent
Nearly two months after the original deadline, House Republicans passed a budget giving the legislature a month to negotiate ahead...
Detroit Evening Report: New boarding platforms for East Jefferson bus riders
Detroit’s Department of Transportation is installing new boarding platforms on East Jefferson for bus riders. It’s part of a pilot...
The Metro: Why Detroit residents don’t vote in city elections
In November, Detroit residents will vote for the next mayor and fill seats on the city council. It will be...
The Metro: Why Michigan doesn’t have enough housing — and how to change that
In America, the average age of a homebuyer is 56. In Michigan, a variety of sources say that it’s closer...
The Metro: Michigan has a teacher shortage. Can an easier path to certification solve the problem?
The new school year is here. Teachers are meeting fresh faces, setting up their classrooms, and laying out lesson plans.But...
Late Rev. Nicholas Hood on the March on Washington
On August 28th, 1963, nearly 250,000 people from around the country marched to the Mall in Washington D.C, to hear...
The Metro Events Guide: Labor Day festivals, sandwich celebrations and more
It's Labor Day Weekend, which means tons of annual festivals in Detroit. Plus, some unique celebrations for punks and sandwich...
Michigan among states vying to kickoff next Democratic presidential primary
The national Democratic party is weighing proposals behind-the-scenes that could give Michigan a leading role in the 2028 presidential nominating...