The Word on Detroit’s Streets: Roads Are Bad, Hiking Taxes to Fix Them Would Be Worse
Michigan voters head to the polls next Tuesday to decide whether to increase the sales tax from six to seven...
Veteran Pollster: It Looks Bad For Proposal 1
Early polls showed overwhelming opposition to Proposal 1, the ballot question that would raise more than $1 billion in new revenue to fix...
Community Protests After Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Shoots 19-year-old
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Terrence Kellom was shot in his Northwest Detroit home by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer. His...
Ford’s First Quarter Earnings Lower than Expected
Marissa Gawel/WDET Ford Motor Company released lower than expected first quarter earnings today. The automaker earned $924 million during the first part of this...
Regional Transit Authority Considering a Universal Fare Card for Detroit and Ann Arbor Transit
Marissa Gawel/WDET The Regional Transportation Authority of Southeast Michigan is working to unite public transit in Ann Arbor and Detroit...
Baltimore: State of Economic Despair
Veggies (Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons) Stephen Henderson opened Detroit Today with a short commentary about Baltimore and the violence that...
DNR Wants Volunteers to Help Clean Up Trash
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to help pick up illegally dumped trash....
Wayne County Executive Announces Recovery Plan
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Wayne County Executive Warren Evans released his plan today to address the county’s $52 million structural deficit. Evans says...
Report: Michigan Has Highest Auto Insurance Rates In US
A new report finds that Michigan has the highest auto insurance rates in the nation. The report, by...
Hundreds of No-show Jurors Ordered to Wayne County Circuit Court
This week hundreds of people are being ordered to Wayne County Circuit Court to explain why they failed to show...
Detroit And International Diplomacy: Getting A Seat At The Table
Business and political stakeholders in Detroit met last week for a conference called “Diplomacy Begins Here: Detroit”. The event was...
Colorado’s Pot Culture
In 2012, Colorado voters legalized marijuana for recreational uses, joining a few other states in a trend that started with...
