UAW Strike Cost Michigan $18.5 Million In Lost Income Taxes, Wages
The month-long United Auto Workers strike against General Motors has taken a big economic and personal toll in Michigan and...
UAW Strike Cost Michigan $18.5 Million In Lost Income Taxes, Wages
The month-long United Auto Workers strike against General Motors has taken a big economic and personal toll in Michigan and...
This is How Whitmer’s (Nearly) Billion Dollar Budget Cuts Affect You
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers are starting the process of restoring some funding Whitmer vetoed in the new state budget....
Half of All Black Kids in Michigan Live in Concentrated Poverty
Jake Neher/WDET A new study on childhood poverty was recently released by the Annie E Casey Foundation. In it, African-American and...
When Miles Davis Walked the Streets of Detroit
wdet In 1953, Miles Davis moved to Detroit for a months-long residency at the Blue Bird Inn on Detroit’s...
Meet the DIA’s New Indigenous Art Curator
The opportunity to work with the Detroit Institute of Arts' robust Native American Art collection was the golden ticket that...
What Do General Motors Union Workers on Strike Do When They’re Not Picketing?
Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. United Auto Workers have been on strike against...
Michigan House Passes Bill To Preserve Mental Health Counselors Ability to Practice
Update, 10/24/19: This bill has now passed the State Senate and is going to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to be signed...
Michigan Recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day, But For This State Senator That’s Not Enough
Today is Indigenous People's Day in many cities and states across the country, and Michigan is the latest to adopt the...
What’s Greener in Michigan’s Marijuana Industry — The Bud or the Money?
Eli Newman / WDET Marijuana in Michigan was fully legalized last year and a lot has been going on behind...
Tyler Perry’s Studio: Success For Black Hollywood Layered and Complicated
Kimberly Moffitt/UMBC Actor, writer and director Tyler Perry has been in the news a lot this week. His new studio in...
Coleman A Young Foundation and We Run 313 Team Up
The Coleman A Young Foundation has partnered with We Run 313 to raise money for scholarships through the Detroit Free Press...
Oakland County Stands to Lose Millions With Whitmer Budget Vetoes
Gus Navarro/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s line-item budget vetoes could have a significant impact in Metro Detroit. In Oakland County, those...