Whitmer Signs Budgets, But Wields Line-Item Veto Power “In A Way No Other Governor Has”
Rick Pluta, MPRN It’s October 1 -- a date state lawmakers, the governor, and state employees have been counting down to...
Whitmer Signs Budgets, But Wields Line-Item Veto Power “In A Way No Other Governor Has”
Rick Pluta, MPRN It’s October 1 -- a date state lawmakers, the governor, and state employees have been counting down to...
In State Budget Haggling, Anti-Gerrymandering Commission Comes Up Short
The October 1 deadline to pass a state budget and avoid a partial government shutdown is tomorrow. As lawmakers scrambled...
Lost Sea Life. Climate Migrants. Here’s How Rising, Warmer Oceans Will Affect You
Scientists say the oceans are getting warmer, rising faster and losing ice more rapidly due to climate change, according to a...
Read the Unclassified Trump Whistleblower Complaint Here
The whistleblower complaint at the heart of a developing story involving President Trump and possible abuses of power has been...
Acting DNI Director Maguire Testifies: Watch Live For Updates on Trump Whistleblower Complaint
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is testifying before the House intelligence committee about a whistleblower complaint reportedly connected...
Trump at U.N.: Watch the General Assembly Speech Live Here
President Trump is holding a press conference at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In a speech to...
Listen to Sen. Bernie Sanders Visit Striking UAW Members On The Picket Line
Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. The UAW’s strike against GM is into its...
State Lawmakers Send Whitmer Budgets. She Calls Them “A Mess.”
MPRN Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says the budgets on their way to her desk are “a mess.” The state Legislature voted...
Detroit’s Wash and Learn Initiative Takes School Into Laundromats
Education has taken a non-traditional approach with pop-up learning spaces that take youth outside of the classroom environment. In Detroit, this...
WATCH LIVE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaks Amid Growing Calls for Impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is speaking to reporters after meeting with the House Democratic caucus. There are growing calls...
WATCH LIVE: Trump Addresses the U.N. General Assembly
Trump takes the stage that the United Nations General Assembly for the third time today. He made a surprise visit...
Consumers Energy CEO Aims to Close Coal Plants by 2040, Cautious on Nuclear
The head of Michigan's second-largest energy producer says climate change is real, and her company has a responsibility to do something...