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FILE - U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2020. Kildee announced Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, that he would be retiring next year after the end of his sixth term.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: Why Dan Kildee will not seek reelection

Detroit Today November 20, 2023

Michigan U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) announced last week he will not seek reelection in 2024, creating an opening for House Republicans...

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Ferndale Mayor Melanie Piana speaks with Stephen Henderson on Detroit Today in the WDET studios on Feb. 15, 2023.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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  • Transit

Detroit Today: What will it take to get regional transit in southeast Michigan?

Detroit Today November 20, 2023

The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan was created in 2012 with the task of orchestrating and enhancing mobility options...

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Shri Thanedar in-studio at WDET-FM on Oct. 20, 2022.
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Congressman Shri Thanedar in the hot seat as 2024 election looms

Russ McNamara November 20, 2023

Shri Thanedar’s election to a Detroit-centric Congressional seat last year was divisive. He’d only recently moved to the city and...

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Three boys, identities unknown, pose in front of a five and dime store in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, and Black Bottom neighborhoods, 1930s-1940s.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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  • Reckoning 375

Reckoning 375: Why advocates say centering Black voices is key in I-375’s redevelopment

Detroit Today November 17, 2023

 In the next installment of Detroit Today's miniseries, Reckoning 375, we explore what I-375's reimagining would look like if...

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FILE — Blighted homes in Detroit.
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: The case for a Land Value Tax in Detroit

Detroit Today November 16, 2023

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's Land Value Tax Plan would change the way the city values houses and the land, with...

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Michigan U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) announced Thursday he will not seek reelection in 2024.
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee announces he will not seek reelection

Jenny Sherman November 16, 2023

Michigan U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) announced Thursday he will not seek reelection in 2024, creating an opening for House...

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President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference.
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Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain

Associated Press November 16, 2023

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour meeting...

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President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
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Watch live: President Biden to hold press conference after meeting with Xi Jinping

NPR November 15, 2023

President Joe Biden will hold a solo press conference, his third of the year, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, following his...

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FILE - United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.
  • Auto
  • Jobs & the Economy
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Tensions rise during Senate hearing with union leaders as UAW voting continues

Russ McNamara November 15, 2023

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and other labor leaders were invited to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and...

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FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023.
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House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help

Associated Press November 15, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was...

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Empty voting booths
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • Elections
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Detroit Evening Report: Jocelyn Benson releases list of 2024 presidential primary candidates

Tia Graham November 14, 2023

Editor's note: Today's episode of "The Detroit Evening Report" podcast included information about a public meeting the City of Detroit...

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Former President Donald Trump greets the crowd at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Claremont, N.H.
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan judge denies request to keep Trump off state primary ballot

Rick Pluta November 14, 2023

A Michigan Court of Claims judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump can appear on the state's primary ballot...

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