Funeral Arrangements Set for State Rep. Julie Plawecki
Official Photo Visitations for late state Rep. Julia Plawecki (D-Dearborn Heights) begin Thursday evening in Garden City. Plawecki died last weekend of...
Paradise Valley Returns to Detroit
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Detroit’s Downtown Development Authority is approving a plan to redevelop a historic neighborhood. Paradise Valley Cultural and...
Republicans in Lansing Keep Trying To Send Public Funds to Private Schools
Elizabeth Garrett Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $16 billion K-12 education budget this week. That’s despite that fact that it would send taxpayer...
Trade Issues Likely Topic During North American Leaders Summit
President Obama travels to Ottawa today for a meeting with the leaders of Canada and Mexico. The discussions are likely...
How Can Schools Do Better By Special Education Students?
WDET A couple weeks ago on Detroit Today we talked about the achievement gaps suffered in suburban school districts between white and...
Dow Plans Hundreds of Job Cuts in Michigan
The Dow Chemical company plans to eliminate about 700 jobs in Michigan. Officials with Dow Chemical say they will cut...
Candidates Largely Ignoring Obamacare, But It Could Have Profound Effect on 2016 Election
Courtesy of POLITICO For such a controversial law that has been so politically toxic in recent years, we haven’t really...
What Has The Affordable Care Act Meant for Patients?
Enroll Michigan Hundreds of thousands of low income Michiganders have signed up for affordable health insurance thanks to Obamacare. Thousands more...
What Kind of GOP Convention Will Donald Trump Plan for Cleveland?
GOP Convention, Flickr In just a few short weeks, the two major political parties will whip-up as much excitement as...
VW Settles Diesel Cheating Claims
Volkswagen has agreed to settle claims that it rigged diesel vehicles with two-liter engines to cheat on government emissions tests....
Former Detroit Mayor Bing Remembers Ali, Questions Rising Demolition Costs
Groups supporting the “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative are meeting in Detroit this week. And they are hailing the humanitarian efforts...
K-12 Budget Could Face Challenge Over Aid to Private Schools
Marissa Gawel/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder traveled to a middle school in Oakland County on Monday to sign a $16 billion...