Deadline for property tax assistance program approaching for Detroit residents
The deadline for Detroit’s Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) program is Dec. 11. The state-mandated program — formerly called the Homeowners...
Detroit Evening Report: State fund to help homeowners with mortgage payments nearly tapped
Homeowners who faced an economic challenge during the pandemic have less than three weeks to apply for state aid. Subscribe...
Detroit Audubon is now Detroit Bird Alliance
Detroit Audubon has a new name. The bird-centered conservation nonprofit will now be known as Detroit Bird Alliance, the group...
DER Weekends: Stephen Henderson building a local news culture centering Detroit voices
On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET's Sascha Raiyn talks with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson...
Alzheimer’s activist Rebecca Chopp recommends testing early for the disease
November is Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. There’s 6.7 million people 65 and older that have Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S....
CultureShift: The importance of land acknowledgments and honoring Michigan’s Indigenous peoples
What do you know about the history of the land that you’re currently standing on? Its past, its present and...
Supporters: Language access bills a potential ‘gamechanger’
Michigan bills awaiting the governor’s signature would require government agencies to provide language-access services for people with limited English proficiency....
Whitmer signs more bills to repeal abortion restrictions
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Tuesday to roll back more abortion restrictions remaining on the books in Michigan even though...
Will the new I-375 boulevard be like the Davison?
The construction of I-375 in downtown Detroit beginning in the late 1950s hastened the destruction of the majority Black neighborhoods...
Detroit Evening Report: Whitmer announces new program to help Highland Park residents pay water bills
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced a new residential assistance program for Highland Park residents who need help to pay water...
Detroit Evening Report: Hundreds gather at Hart Plaza to mourn lives lost in Israel-Hamas conflict
Hundreds of people gathered at Hart Plaza Thursday night to mourn, pray, and be in the community as part of...
Detroit Evening Report: Panel discussion explores solutions to Michigan’s declining population
A 2023 report by the nonprofits Altarum and Citizens Research Council of Michigan shows that over the past five decades,...