GOP State Senator on Senate Healthcare Flop, White House Infighting
Jake Neher/WDET Republican leadership in Washington has had a tough week. Obamacare is still the law of the land after...
What’s In A Word? How ‘Sex’ Could Reshape LGBTQ Rights in Michigan
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Issues affecting the LGBTQ community have made statewide and national news this week. President Trump tweeted about his...
Head Start Programs Looking for Staff
Detroit’s largest early childhood learning program is looking for help. The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan and Head Start plan...
Detroit’s Brightmoor Neighborhood Struggled With Ripples of July 1967
Editor's note: John Notarianni wrote and produced this report for WDET. It aired in 2007. During Detroit's civil unrest in...
Trump Official Pledges Tax Relief, Health Care Help for Small Business Owners
sba.gov Congress continues to grapple with health care reform. But another item on the GOP agenda is still awaiting attention....
LGBTQ Activists Call for Clarity in State’s Civil Rights Law
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET LGBT activists say the state’s civil rights law is too vague when it comes to discrimination based on...
Was Civil Unrest in 1967 Detroit a Riot or a Rebellion?
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Some Detroiters say the uprising of 1967 was more than wanton lawlessness. They say it was a backlash against...
EPA Employees Union Says States are in Desperate Need of Additional Funding for Water Infrastructure
The Trump Administration's proposed budget has the American Federation of Government Employees sounding an alarm. A-F-G-E represents 9-thousand Environmental Protection...
Scars from 1967 Uprising Still Fresh for Some Detroiters
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET This week the city of Detroit is remembering a series of days that forever changed the iconic Motor...
August 1967 Editorial: Letter to My Soul Brothers
The Michigan Chronicle is the state’s largest black newspaper. It was established in 1932. By July 1967, it was well established...
Unemployment Fraud Lawsuit Against State Dismissed by Court of Appeals
Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit claiming the state wrongfully accused thousands of people...
New Public School Employee Retirement Plan to Take Effect Next Year
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law controversial changes to the state’s public school employee retirement system. Starting in...