Michigan Craft Brewers Prep Fall Beers as Seltzers, Slowdown Threaten Bottom Line
Michigan's craft brewery industry has skyrocketed in recent years, but that growth could slow significantly, according to "Spirits of Detroit"...
Looking Back at Old Tiger Stadium, 20 Years After Closing
Bill Dow On September 27, 1999, fans made their last pilgrimage to Corktown for the final game at Tiger Stadium. When...
Rep. Upton and Rep. Dingell Discuss Bipartisanship Amid Impeachment
If you haven’t heard, Congress is pretty divided right now. Add an impeachment inquiry on top of the deep divides...
Here’s How Michigan Will Fight Election Hackers in 2020
Potential election-related hacking includes everything from plots to obtain voter information to disinformation spread by planting stories online that ballots...
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...
Whitmer Signs Budgets, But Wields Line-Item Veto Power “In A Way No Other Governor Has”
Rick Pluta, MPRN It’s October 1 -- a date state lawmakers, the governor, and state employees have been counting down to...
You’re Cancelled! Talking Comedy in a Rapidly Changing Culture
Is "cancel culture" — the notion that individuals who make distasteful and sometimes racist or misogynistic remarks should not be...
Imagine Marcus Belgrave, Mike Banks and Matt Michaels Being Your Teachers. Pianist Jon Dixon Learned From the Best
Jon Dixon grew up in one of Detroit's toughest neighborhoods and decided that music would be the focus of his life,...
Playwright and MacArthur Genius Dominique Morisseau to Open Detroit Public Theatre Season
It’s opening night for the Detroit Public Theatre’s 2019-2020 season as they kick things off with a play called Paradise...
Does Civility Mean Abandoning Your Principles?
If you thought this country was divided before last week, well, you may not believe what’s coming next week. Of...
In State Budget Haggling, Anti-Gerrymandering Commission Comes Up Short
The October 1 deadline to pass a state budget and avoid a partial government shutdown is tomorrow. As lawmakers scrambled...
Charter School Funders Promise $200 Million for Detroit Student Scholarships
Jake Neher/WDES Detroit charter school philanthropist Bob Thompson is putting up $200 million of his own money to inspire colleges...
