For State’s Corrections Budget, What’s Really at Stake is a Second Chance
Office of state Sen. John Proos The state is hammering out its budget. And lawmakers are having a sharp disagreement...
Michigan Dems Propose Bill to Seize Guns of People Deemed a Threat
Jake Neher/WDET Some Democrats in the state Legislature are calling for a law that would allow authorities to seize the...
Is the Tax Foreclosure Process Good for Wayne County but Bad for Detroit?
Annie Perry sits in a bejeweled knit cap, waiting for her number to be called at a foreclosure prevention meeting....
PRIDE Flag Flies in Hart Plaza
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Detroit is celebrating June as Pride Month with the raising of a rainbow flag in Hart Plaza This...
Spent Saints Gracefully Explores Lives Scarred By Addiction and Depression
In author Brian Smith’s debut collection of short stories, many of the characters spend marked permanently by drug abuse and desperation....
Check Out a Remake of “Purple Rain” Like You’ve Never Seen Before
Tomorrow the Cinema Lamont film series in Eastern Market will present a tribute to Prince like you’ve never seen before. June...
State and Health Care Officials Call on Federal Government to Save Healthy Michigan
WDET/Laura Herberg State officials and health care providers called on Washington lawmakers to keep the state’s Medicaid expansion Monday. From...
Lawmakers Will Look Into Allegations DHHS Supervisors Fudged Caseload Numbers
Jake Neher/WDET State lawmakers say they will look into reports the Michigan agency that handles child abuse and neglect cases...
Democratic Candidate for Governor Abdul El-Sayed on Religion and Politics
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Right now, there are two official candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018. One, former...
TARDIS Library opening in Woodbridge Neighborhood
Ron Lyons Jr On the corner of Vermont and Warren in Detroit, a blue phone booth stands tall as a free...
Will Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel Run for Governor in 2018?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET The Detroit Regional Chamber's annual Mackinac Policy Conference is a place for possible statewide candidates to test...
Democrat Gretchen Whitmer Looks To Separate Herself in Field of Candidates for Governor
Jake Neher/WDET It is very early in Michigan's 2018 gubernatorial race. That said, the race is beginning to take shape...