Unique and Rare Forest on Belle Isle Scheduled for Helicopter Logging

The eastern end of Belle Isle will be closed for a couple of days this week as the Michigan Department...

Moms to Lawmakers: Gun Bills are Dangerous

Mothers concerned about gun violence asked lawmakers this week not to weaken state rules that govern carrying concealed weapons. Members of...

Can Gov. Snyder Find A Way To Improve Schools In Final Two Years?

Rick Pluta/MPRN Efforts to reform Michigan’s education system are moving forward as a state education panel commissioned by Gov. Rick...

Lawmakers Could See Smart Meter Showdown This Week

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) A debate between lawmakers and utility providers is brewing in Lansing.  Legislation in...

Will Republicans Soon Become The Party of Deficit Spending?

National Park Service An expansive wall along the border with Mexico. A plan to dramatically improve infrastructure throughout the country. Numerous proposals to...

The Progressive Underground Show 205 Black Women Rock edition

Black Women Rock Its an all Black Women Rock (BWR) edition on this weekend's The Progressive Underground w/ Chris Campbell as international artist and...

March 11, 2017: MIles Davis, Sonny Stitt, and Jimmy Smith

Will Detroit’s East Riverfront Soon Look Like This?

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Detroit’s riverfront has come a very long way in the last decade. Even more upgrades to the...

Trump’s Michigan Co-Chair Spars Over Week’s News with Stephen Henderson

Jake Neher/WDET This week President Donald Trump made unsubstantiated claims that President Barack Obama’s administration had wiretapped his home in...

Detroit Opens Four Warming Centers

Detroit is opening four warming centers for residents looking to escape the cold.  Wednesday’s windstorms left nearly 100,000 city residents...

“I’ll Be The Phantom of the Opera,” Says Retiring Michigan Opera Theatre Founder David DiChiera

Jake Neher/WDET The Michigan Opera Theatre brings its programming to the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts in Clinton Twp....

State Treasury Warns Against Telephone Tax Scams

Glenn White has seen some strange things around tax time at the Michigan Department of Treasury. A few years ago,...