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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.
  • Elections
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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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  • The Boulevard

Respect the Architect: Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale

Waajeed May 1, 2025

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Inside Shed 5 at Eastern Market
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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
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Detroit Evening Report: MI health department awards $7 million to control lead hazards in low-income communities

Nargis Rahman November 7, 2022

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has awarded $7 million in grants to curb and control lead...

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An audience member addresses the Dearborn school board at a meeting discussing whether six books should stay in the district's school libraries
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  • MichMash

MichMash: Don’t sleep on your local school board race

Ashley Harris November 7, 2022

Michigan’s midterm election is this week, and the typically quiet school board races have become very active across the state....

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"I voted" stickers
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance

A political scientist assesses midterms and party differences in Michigan

Detroit Today, Sam Corey November 7, 2022

The November 8 election is tomorrow and polls are showing leads by the Democrats in the Michigan races for governor,...

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Jocelyn Benson
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on election safety, re-election bid

Detroit Today, Sam Corey November 7, 2022

The midterm election is just a day away and things are heating up in Michigan. For the first time in...

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In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar participates during a debate in Grand Rapids. Thanedar won Michigan's 13th Congressional Democratic primary on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, topping a field of nine candidates.
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For the first time in nearly 70 years, Detroit won’t have a Black Democrat in Congress

Quinn Klinefelter November 7, 2022

For the first time in almost 70 years, this traditionally blue city, home to one of the largest African American...

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  • Voter Information Center

Oakland County voters will decide fate of public transportation millage

Alex McLenon November 7, 2022

Residents in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties will decide on transit items when they head to the polls on Tuesday....

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DTE Headquarters in downtown Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: DTE investing $9 billion in Michigan’s economy over the next decade

Sascha Raiyn November 4, 2022

DTE Energy says it will invest $9 billion in Michigan’s economy over the next 10 years as it increases its...

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Widespread Twitter layoffs begin a week after Musk takeover
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Widespread Twitter layoffs begin a week after Musk takeover

Associated Press November 4, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. The company had...

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book cover for "beautiful country: a memoir of an undocumented childhood" by Qian Julie Wang
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Immigration

New book explores what it’s like to grow up undocumented in the U.S.

Detroit Today, Sam Corey November 4, 2022

In many discussions, immigrants are often reduced to crude stereotypes. They’re cast as bad actors —people who want something they...

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Paramore
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Paramore announce 2023 tour dates, includes Detroit stop at LCA

Dave Kim November 4, 2022

Paramore revealed the itinerary for their 2023 tour, which includes a June stop at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The...

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Detroit skyline
  • Detroit Evening Report
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Detroit Evening Report: Unemployment rate in Detroit matches 20-year low

Tia Graham November 3, 2022

Mayor Mike Duggan announced Thursday that the city of Detroit's unemployment rate has fallen to 7 percent, the lowest in...

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Stock photo of dollar bills.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance

How is political money being spent during Michigan’s election season?

Detroit Today, Sam Corey November 3, 2022

Money has a big influence in our politics, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United. Campaign funding...

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