Detroit Businesses Plead for Stimulus Help Amid New Restrictions
As coronavirus cases surge nationwide and here in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration is putting new restrictions on businesses and social...
Unifor Completes Pattern Bargaining With Ratified General Motors Deal
Unifor has finalized a new contract with General Motors. Officials with the Canadian union say about 85% of represented workers voted in favor of...
Officials Unite in Bid to Bring US Space Command Headquarters to Sterling Heights
A bipartisan group of politicians, military professionals, and aerospace industry leaders are working to bring the US Space Command headquarters to...
Coulter, Kowall Seek the Late Patterson’s Oakland County Executive Seat
This year’s race for Oakland County Executive is significant. Not because of who is on the ballot but because of who...
How Michigan’s Failures in Detroit, Flint Could Inform Urban Policy Nationwide
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has upended countless American cities and unearthed longstanding inequities in the country’s urban environment. This seismic...
Two Macomb County Voters Make Opposite Choice for President
Macomb County -- home of the "Reagan Democrats" -- played an outsized role in the election of President Trump in...
Fiat Chrysler Adds 4,100 Detroiters to Workforce
Fiat Chrysler has hired 4,100 Detroiters as the automaker converts and expands its plants on the city's east side. Mayor...
ACLU, Tlaib Call for Foreclosure Ban to Continue in Detroit
Housing activists are calling for Detroit and Wayne County to continue its freeze on foreclosures. The coalition of city residents, elected officials...
Michigan’s COVID Response At a Political Crossroads Amid Surging Cases
Jake Neher/WDET Michigan is at a scary point when it comes to coronavirus cases, which have been on the rise recently...
Metro Detroit Voters Share What’s On Their Minds Ahead of 2020 Election
The November election is a little over two weeks away. It’s almost hard to believe it’s so close after all...
For Michigan Voters, Historic Election Is About the Man In The White House
During a recent speech to University of Michigan students in Ann Arbor live streamed throughout the nation, Vermont Sen. Bernie...
MichMash: A History of Enbridge Pipeline Controversies in Michigan
The decade-long fight over what to do about the aging oil and gas pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac is...
