Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Talks Roads, Budget Impasse at State Capitol
Lawmakers are back in Lansing trying to hammer out a deal to both fix the roads and pass a state budget....
Michigan Budget, Road Funding Impasse Has Big Impact on State Workers and Schools
WDET Digital State lawmakers are back to work after their summer break. The clock is ticking to get a state...
Detroit Police: New Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Will Have Minimal Impact on Operations
The Detroit Police Department said new laws regarding civil asset forfeiture will have a minimal impact on their street-level operations during...
Can We Have a Productive, Civil Conversation About Reparations in 2019?
Library of Congress One of the big surprises of the early 2020 presidential campaign is the role that reparations has...
Activists Confront Water Board, Education Commission Expands After School Bus Service
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department presented a new pilot program and the Community Education Commission announced an expansion of...
A Former Inmate and a Prison Abolitionist Weigh In on Whether We Should Eliminate Prisons
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore Is prison necessary? That’s the question posed by a recent New York Times piece spotlighting Dr....
Former WDET Host Nkenge Zola Has Died
Nkenge Zola, former 101.9 WDET staffer and host of "All Things Considered" has died. Zola and I worked together at...
Detroit Launches Financial Counseling Centers for Residents
Alex McLenon Detroit's first two Financial Empowerment Centers are now open for business. The program is set-up to provide free...
Get Pumped for Detroit Jazz Fest’s 40th Anniversary With This Playlist
The Detroit Jazz Festival returns to downtown Detroit Labor Day Weekend. Now in its 40th year, the festival is the...
Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett Discusses New Book and What’s Next
Meta Stange/WDET During the presidency of Barack Obama, there was perhaps no one closer to him as an advisor than...
Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller on Growing Up In Metro Detroit, Becoming Broadway Sensation
Jeffrey Seller Jeffrey Seller is a Broadway sensation. Aside from being the producer of several iconic musicals, Seller is also the mind...
Jam Out Like a Presidential Candidate [PLAYLIST]
2020 presidential candidates are starting to roll out one of the most important parts of their campaigns -- their rally playlists....