Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn officials report significant decrease in major crime
The city of Dearborn announced this week a significant decrease in major crime in 2024. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report...
In The Groove Pick of the Week: ‘SAME KIND OF LONELY’ by Benjamin Booker
Absolutely obsessed with New Orleans musician Benjamin Booker’s song “SAME KIND OF LONELY.” Talk about a wall of sound/distortion/guitars —...
In The Groove: New music from Lucy Dacus, Michael Kiwanuka, Bilal + more
Can’t get enough of that new Bilal, plus feel good tracks from Cousin Kula covering Erykah Badu, and new music...
The Metro: Fighting misinformation in the age of social media
We are all very aware of how misleading and false information can spread by just one click of the share...
MDHHS continues work to improve foster care system in Michigan
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently shared a report before Judge Nancy G. Edmunds of the...
Michigan pharmacists can now prescribe birth control among other new reproductive health care laws
Michigan residents can now receive birth control prescriptions directly from their pharmacists.Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the measure into law this...
In The Groove: Tycho on the music that made him, from The Beatles to French house and back
In The Groove is WDET’s award-winning series that talks with creatives from all walks of life about the music that...
Senate empowers Brinks to act on leftover legislation
The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to let its Democratic leadership sue on behalf of the chamber to have nine bills that passed...
Scientists want microplastics monitored in the Great Lakes. Now, it’s up to the US and Canada
Scientists want the U.S. and Canada to designate microplastics as a “chemical of mutual concern.”The recommendation is part of a...
Detroit Evening Report: Benson running for governor; Detroit housing values rise and more
Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's announcement she is running for governor; rising home...
In The Groove: Sharon Van Etten, Alfa Mist, Tycho + more new music discovery
Big show today! Trying to stay toasty in a frigid Motor City… so went with some wonderfully familiar stuff like...
The Metro: How Citizens United ruling is driving ‘dark money’ in politics, 15 years later
Money in politics has always been a crack in the foundation of our democracy. Citizens United, a Supreme Court ruling...