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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
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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What You Need to Know About Michigan’s New Political Maps

Detroit Today January 4, 2022

Up until now partisan politicians have been able to draw maps behind closed doors in ways that have disproportionately advantaged...

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Michigan senate map final 2022 MICRC
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Why a New Lawsuit is Seeking to Undo Michigan’s New Political Maps

Detroit Today January 4, 2022

Not everyone is happy with Michigan’s new legislative and congressional maps. There’s plenty of criticism coming from all sides of...

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Michigan congressional map final 2022
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Current and Former Detroit Lawmakers Challenge New District Maps

Rick Pluta January 3, 2022

A group of current and former Detroit-area legislators say they’re filing a lawsuit to force the state’s redistricting commission to...

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell spoke with WDET during the Mackinac Policy Conference in 2019.
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Rep. Debbie Dingell Discusses Leaving Dearborn, Build Back Better and the Future of Our Democracy

Detroit Today January 3, 2022

After many decades of having a “Dingell” represent Dearborn, the city will have a new congressional representative. Michigan’s independent commission has officially...

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State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey SOTS 3 2020
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The Biggest Political Blunders of 2021 in Michigan

Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher January 3, 2022

It’s a wrap on 2021, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still look back at some of the highs and...

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Rising COVID-19 Rates Keep Metro Detroit Schools Closed After Holidays

Sascha Raiyn January 3, 2022

Some schools in Metro Detroit are delaying the return to classes after the holiday break due to rising COVID-19 numbers....

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Wait, What? Lake Superior State University Takes a Deep Dive into Banished Words for 2022

Pat Batcheller January 3, 2022

At the end of the day, there are words and phrases people use incorrectly or too often. For example: "At...

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Some Oxford Students Return to Classrooms

Quinn Klinefelter January 3, 2022

Some students in Oxford return to classes Monday. Officials in essence shut the school system down last month after a gunman...

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There’s More Than One Reason Monarch Butterfly Populations Are Declining

Lester Graham January 2, 2022

The monarch butterfly population has plummeted to 20% of what it was in the early 1990s, according to a nonprofit...

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That’s So Cheugy: Here’s the Most Mispronounced — and Misunderstood — Words of 2021

Ryan Patrick Hooper December 31, 2021

What were the words and ideas that we struggled to understand in 2021? Even if we did get them down...

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Dr. Preeti Malani
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Pandemic Reveals Issues Already Prevalent for Older Adults Such as Loneliness, Holistic Health Care

Nargis Rahman December 31, 2021

Older adults were among the most vulnerable populations during the pandemic. Besides staying safe from the coronavirus, they had to...

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From Award-Winning Journalist to Recording Artist: the Musical Journey of Evrod Cassimy

Chris Campbell December 30, 2021

From a young age, Evrod Cassimy gravitated to music, singing in his church’s choir and showing an early acumen for...

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