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This mural, painted by Detroit-based artist Jesse Kassel, was one of eight painted across Michigan during the 2020 election to encourage people to vote.
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Michigan special elections: What metro Detroiters should know before May 6

Jenny Sherman May 2, 2025
Stacey Hotwaxx Hale performs a DJ set at WDET
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Respect the Architect: Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale

Waajeed May 1, 2025

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The Metro Events Guide: Mother’s Day markets, May the fourth and more

Sophia Jozwiak May 1, 2025
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Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit offering summer safety tips for Safe Kids Month

Bre'Anna Tinsley May 1, 2025
Union workers at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the company.
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Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract deal

Associated Press October 9, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement...

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Nia Linder Batts (left), COO of Union Heritage and actress Sophia Bush, a general partner at Union Heritage Ventures, will join Michigan Tech Week for a fireside chat to discuss their mission to elevate the community with their Michigan-based firm.
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CultureShift: Michigan Tech Week to connect industry leaders, entrepreneurs and students

Jenny Sherman, Tia Graham October 7, 2023

For the second year in a row, Michigan Founders Fund will be hosting Michigan Tech Week, a four-day event highlighting...

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UAW members strike outside the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.
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Detroit Evening Report: UAW halts strike expansion, citing substantial progress

Russ McNamara, Sascha Raiyn October 6, 2023

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain announced Friday the union would not expand its strike against Detroit’s Big Three this...

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File - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain talks with members picketing near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
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Auto workers stop expanding strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession

Associated Press October 6, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit's three automakers after General...

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Detroit Today: Reckoning with the construction and rebuild of I-375

Detroit Today October 6, 2023

In the early 1960s, I-375 was created. That highway, and highways like it, allowed people to more quickly maneuver the...

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UAW members strike outside of Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.
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Union members, automakers losing money as UAW strikes continue

Alex McLenon October 6, 2023

It’s been three weeks since the United Auto Workers union's contracts with Ford, Stellantis and General Motors expired. The last...

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This Thursday, March 24, 2016, image from video shows a hand-written sign placed at the entrance to a lead-testing clinic held at Richfield Public School Academy in Flint, Mich. Thousands of Flint parents have had their children tested at free clinics run by the Genesee County Health Department since residents became aware that their water had become contaminated with lead after the city began drawing water from the Flint River to save money.
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Detroit Evening Report: New Michigan law will require lead testing for young children

Hernz Laguerre October 5, 2023

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills into law this week that will require lead testing for young children to...

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Detroit Today: Should Michigan end its ban on plastic bag bans?

Detroit Today October 5, 2023

Michigan Democrats recently came a step closer in their goal to repeal a 2016 state law preventing local municipalities from...

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Soul Saturday: Little Dragon’s Fredrik Wallin talks new album, love for Detroit’s music scene

Jenny Sherman October 5, 2023

The soulful Swedish dance pop quartet Little Dragon is headed to Detroit this week for a performance at St. Andrews...

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MichMash: Democrat Karen Whitsett facing backlash over abortion stance

Hernz Laguerre October 5, 2023

Democratic State Rep. Karen Whitsett is opposed to her party's attempt to strip abortion restrictions from state law. Bridge Michigan's...

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Members of the public voice concerns during a Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's public hearing at TCF Center in Detroit, Oct. 20, 2021.
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Detroit Evening Report: Federal trial will challenge metro Detroit legislative districts

Tia Graham October 4, 2023

A group of Detroit voters and former legislators are suing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and members of the Michigan...

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United Auto Workers members hold picket signs near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
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Detroit Today: Exploring the labor movement’s recent successes

Detroit Today October 4, 2023

 The labor movement is having a big moment in the U.S., with multiple efforts underway by union leaders across...

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