Homeland Security Officials, Volunteers Prepare For Tornado Season
This weekend Detroiters will be greeted by a sound generated every first Saturday of the month: A tornado warning...
Downtown, Midtown Growing, But the Market’s ‘Not Yet Driving Itself’
Compared to the rest of the city, the centralized 7.2 square miles of Detroit have a greater density of people...
Wayne County Extends Foreclosure Deadline
Wayne County officials are extending the deadline for homeowners to pay some or all of their property taxes and...
The Knight Foundation Announces Winners of its Cities Challenge
Marissa Gawel/WDET The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is awarding $600,000 dollars to projects designed to increase opportunity and...
Tax Foreclosures Make National Headlines As Wayne County Prepares To Foreclose on 70-thousand homes
Today (Tues) is the last day for Wayne County homeowners at risk of losing their homes due to unpaid back...
Thousands Rush To Meet Foreclosure Deadline
In Detroit tens of thousands of people are facing a deadline today that could cost some of them their...
Feds Return Control Of Housing Commission To Detroit
The US Housing and Urban Development Department is preparing to return control of the Detroit Housing Commission to city...
Free Press Editor Reflects On Paper’s Digital Evolution
The Detroit Free Press has broken some big news stories during Paul Anger’s time as editor and publisher. They include...
Pastors and Community Organize “March For Justice 2015”
A group of Detroit pastors and community members are coming together to hold a “March for Justice” Saturday. The event...
State House Ties Welfare Benefits to School Attendance
Pkay Chelle/Creative Commons Michigan Public Radio's Jake Neher reports: “The state House has approved a bill that would end welfare...
Proposal 1: It’s Not Just About The Roads
WDET Joan Isabella Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson writes: "There are a lot of opinions these days about the ballot proposal...
Personal Stories Of Wayne County’s Foreclosure Crisis
Roughly 76-thousand homes in Wayne County are at risk of tax foreclosure. As the deadline to pay back taxes approaches...