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What To Do If You Still Haven’t Received Your Absentee Ballot

Laura Herberg October 27, 2020

Record numbers of voters are expected to vote absentee in the presidential election in light of the coronavirus pandemic. But...

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Detroit Needs Trees to Combat Effects of Climate Change

Annamarie Sysling, CultureShift October 27, 2020

Environmental writer Brian Allnutt has written a new piece in Planet Detroit exploring the Detroit canopy and the relationship that Detroit...

Coulter, Kowall Seek the Late Patterson’s Oakland County Executive Seat

Eli Newman October 27, 2020

This year’s race for Oakland County Executive is significant. Not because of who is on the ballot but because of who...

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Between Takes: Dennis Coffey Brings Psychedelic Flair to Motown

Sam Beaubien October 27, 2020

Welcome to Between Takes; where artists and musicians tell stories about what happens behind the scenes. WDET’s Sam Beaubien has been...

Proposal N: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Detroit’s Demolition Question

Detroit Today October 27, 2020

Proposal N is a city-led initiative to borrow $250 million in bonds to eliminate blight throughout Detroit. The accrued funds...

How Michigan’s Failures in Detroit, Flint Could Inform Urban Policy Nationwide

Detroit Today, Clare Brennan October 27, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has upended countless American cities and unearthed longstanding inequities in the country’s urban environment. This seismic...

Detroiters Prioritized Under City’s Recreational Marijuana Proposal

Eli Newman October 26, 2020

When Michigan legalized recreational marijuana in 2018, Detroit chose to "opt-out" of the new law, prohibiting recreational marijuana businesses from...

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How Relevant Are Newspaper Endorsements in 2020?

Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher October 26, 2020

Newspapers and media outlets have been formally endorsing candidates for well over 100 years in this country. For some, those...

Metro Detroit: State and Local Candidates on Your Ballot in 2020

WDET Staff October 26, 2020

101.9 WDET, Detroit's NPR Station, is committed to providing fair and accurate coverage of the 2020 November presidential election. Our newsroom is taking...