Would You Get In A Self-Driving Car Today?
Jake Neher/WDET It’s that time of year again. Downtown Detroit is buzzing with auto industry, executives, employees, and reporters for the...
Would You Get In A Self-Driving Car Today?
Jake Neher/WDET It’s that time of year again. Downtown Detroit is buzzing with auto industry, executives, employees, and reporters for the...
“Black women are at the center of that struggle”: Recy Taylor’s Significant Story
While accepting the Cecil B. Demille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes a week ago, Oprah Winfrey honored a...
How AG Sessions’ Marijuana Reversal Will Affect Michigan
Jake Neher/WDET Late last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions removed an Obama-era rule that instructed federal drug authorities not to...
Michigan School Dashboard Seeks to Solve Huge Problem for Parents
Jake Neher/WDET Michigan parents have long struggled to evaluate and compare public schools in a data-based way. More often than...
What Oprah 2020 Buzz Tells Us About Celebrity and Politics
Jake Neher/WDET Politics and celebrity are not natural bedfellows in America, but they are also not terribly estranged. They are...
Prevailing Wage Set to Be Big Issue in Coming Months
Jake Neher/WDET Prevailing wage will likely be a hot topic in Lansing this year. That’s the state law that requires...
State Launches New Tool for School Transparency
Michigan Department of Education Michigan parents now have a new tool to vet their child’s school. The state launched the...
Are Trump’s Tweets, Like, Changing the Way We Think About Language?
whitehouse.gov Over the weekend, President Trump made headlines -- again -- for his use of language on twitter. In a...
Do Controversial Bills Have A Chance of Passing in An Election Year?
MPRN It’s an election year, which usually means it’s tougher for controversial bills to make their way through the state Legislature....
New Federal ‘Farm Bill’ in the Works–Could Emphasize Broadband Access
Jake Neher/WDET Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow says getting high speed internet to rural communities in Michigan is a priority for...
Michigan State Police Call on Clergy to Calm Crowds at Crime Scenes
WDET/Laura Herberg Officials with the Michigan State Police are searching for clergy in Oakland and Macomb Counties who can help...
Detroit Casino Revenue Increases in 2017
Detroit’s three casinos' combined 2017 revenue of $1.4 billion was up 1.1 percent from 2016, according to the Michigan Gaming...