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Russ McNamara

Crews continue to work on the water main break in Southwest Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: Almost 200 families still displaced after water main break

Russ McNamara, Sascha Raiyn February 25, 2025

About 190 families displaced by last week’s water main break in Southwest Detroit are still in hotels as repairs and...

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Former CEO of THAW and Detroit Mayoral candidate Saunteel Jenkins.
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Saunteel Jenkins: Nonprofit experience will inform efforts as mayor if elected

Russ McNamara February 19, 2025

One year from now, Mike Duggan won’t be Detroit’s mayor and there is no shortage of folks vying for the...

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Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield at WDET Studios, Feb. 12, 2025.
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Mary Sheffield on Detroit’s mayoral race, priorities for the city

Russ McNamara February 12, 2025

Detroit’s next mayor will not be Mike Duggan. He seeks greener pastures in Lansing. So folks are lining up to...

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Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison and Mayor Mike Duggan shake hands at a press conference.
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Detroit Evening Report: Duggan announces Todd Bettison as permanent Detroit police chief pick

Russ McNamara, Nargis Rahman February 10, 2025

Todd Bettison has been selected by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan to be the city’s next police chief.Subscribe to the Detroit...

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FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk prior to a NATO round table meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Dec. 4, 2019.
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Trump’s trade war with Canada, Mexico brings US economy into uncharted territory

Russ McNamara February 3, 2025

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with the United States' two closest trading partners — Canada...

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Detroit City Councilman Fred Durhal III discusses his run for mayor on January 30, 2025.
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Fred Durhal III wants to be Detroit’s next mayor

Russ McNamara January 31, 2025

Mayor Mike Duggan’s announcement that he is running for governor as an independent left a vacuum at the center of...

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FILE - Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Oct. 18, 2023, near the Capitol in Washington.
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Immigration actions ‘hateful and divisive,’ Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib says

Russ McNamara January 27, 2025

President Donald Trump is making good on a campaign promise to take swift action against undocumented immigrants. With a slew...

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to union members, firefighters, and their families at a campaign stop in Redford Twp., Michigan.
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Michigan voters abandoned Harris over Gaza policy, poll suggests

Russ McNamara January 16, 2025

Hundreds of thousand of voters across the country marked "Uncommitted" on their Democratic presidential primary ballot as a way of...

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Detroit City Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago-Romero at WDET Studios.
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Detroit City Council facing busy year as mayoral election looms

Russ McNamara January 10, 2025

Detroit City Council was back at it this week with a light schedule — mostly taking public comment in Tuesday’s...

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Republican political consultant Scott Greenlee.
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Michigan GOP needs new leader, looks to maintain momentum

Russ McNamara January 8, 2025

The beginning of 2024 was marked by turmoil within the Michigan Republican Party. Infighting and complaints over the leadership of...

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(FILE) - Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate.
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Democrats, Republicans kill lame duck in Michigan House

Russ McNamara, Rick Pluta December 20, 2024

Democratic control of the state Capitol for the first time in four decades fizzled to a close Thursday, as House...

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Members of Teamsters Local 283 picket outside the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Southwest Detroit on Oct. 24, 2024.
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Teamsters, Marathon Petroleum no closer to deal as strike continues

Russ McNamara, Alex McLenon October 25, 2024

Union members are still off the job at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Southwest Detroit. More than 250 members of...

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