Turmoil in Venezuela Resonates in SE Michigan
Jake Neher/WDET Venezuela has been in the news a lot lately. Last month, Juan Guaido declared himself the country’s interim president. But...
How Did Gov. Whitmer Do In First State of the State Speech?
Jake Neher/WDET Michigan faces multiple crises, including education, water quality, infrastructure, and more, according to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who sent that...
Whitmer Sets Big Goals In First State of the State, Republicans Question Feasibility
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer set some big goals in her first State of the State Address on Tuesday night. She’s...
Detroit Property Owners Have More Time to Appeal Proposed Assessments [Transcript]
Detroit residents were supposed to have from Feb.1-15 to appeal proposed assessments, but the city recently extended the deadline to...
MichMash Digs Into State of the State In Hour-Long Special
WDET Digital There will be a lot to unpack as soon as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer begins her first State of...
All The Donald’s Men: Watergate Reporters say Trump Era Demands Aggressive Journalism
Legendary reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein say the presidency of Donald Trump has distinct echoes of the Watergate scandal...
Does Suspension Prevent School Violence? New Study Says No
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Our automatic response to students who are violent in school is to suspend them. And that makes...
S&P Upgrades Detroit’s Credit. What Does It Mean?
Analysts at Standard and Poor’s are increasing Detroit's credit to BB-. That’s up a notch from the city's previous rating....
Remembering ‘The Dean’ John Dingell — A Giant of Congress, Twitter
WDET John D Dingell, the longest-serving congressman in history, died yesterday at age 92. Dingell was a fierce advocate for many issues...
Former Michigan Congressman John Dingell Has Died
Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history who mastered legislative deal-making and was fiercely...
Book Says Our Political Divisions Started in a Specific Year — 1974
Princeton University If you had to name the year that America became so divided that liberal and conservative, black and...
People Still Plead Ignorance to Blackface Racism Despite Constant Reminders
The Atlantic We’ve heard about blackface, of all things, a lot lately. Virginia’s governor, Ralph Northam, and the state’s attorney...