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Detroit Ranks Top Ten in Fastest Construction Job Growth

Bre'Anna Tinsley May 3, 2017

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Detroit made the top ten list of US metro areas with the highest growth rate in construction jobs....

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Activists Try To Create Group Support for Ballot Drives

Rick Pluta May 2, 2017

Jake Neher/WDET A small crowd that held a May Day rally in front of the state Capitol has a big...

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What Is Privilege and Has It Changed Across Racial, Generational Lines?

Detroit Today May 2, 2017

Jake Neher/WDET Defining privilege can be difficult. In a modern context, discussion of privilege often centers around the idea of...

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Preliminary Work Underway on Gordie Howe Bridge

Amy Miller May 2, 2017

“We have approximately 60% of the properties that we require on the U-S side"      Three teams have been...

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Michigan Congressional Delegation Praises Budget Deal

Quinn Klinefelter May 1, 2017

Laura Weber Davis, WDET Congress has reached a budget deal that includes funding to help restore the Great Lakes. The...

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Old Oil Pipeline Under Straits of Mackinac at Center of Petition Drive

Amy Miller May 1, 2017

"The reason we got involved is that we think the State is taking too long and we can’t afford a...

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  • Detroit '67: A Reflection
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“The Intersection”: Book Provides Perspective on 1967

Sandra Svoboda April 28, 2017

Sandra Svoboda/WDET WDET reporters and producers have some of their work included in a new book -- a published version of "The...

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Trump says U.S. will Negotiate a ‘Fair’ NAFTA Deal

Quinn Klinefelter April 27, 2017

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET President Donald Trump says he is ready to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA,...

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U.S. and Canadian Officials Discuss Trade Issues at Great Lakes Economic Forum

Jerome Vaughn April 27, 2017

Trade delegations from the U.S. and Canada traveled to Detroit and Windsor this week for the Great Lakes Economic Forum....

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Says Trump Trade Moves ‘Not Healthy’ for Relationship

Quinn Klinefelter April 26, 2017

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET U.S. Commerce Department officials say it’s been a tough week for trade relations with Canada. President Trump wants...

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Judge Tosses State’s Challenge to M22 Logo Trademark

Rick Pluta April 26, 2017

Rick Pluta/MPRN A federal judge has thrown out the state’s challenge to a Traverse City business that trademarked a highway...

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Ohio Will Not List Lake Erie As Impaired…

Amy Miller April 25, 2017

“We hope that EPA will get this one right and deny Ohio’s list, because it doesn’t currently include Ohio’s portion...

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