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Michigan shows up to proclaim No Kings

Russ McNamara, Quinn Klinefelter, Amanda LeClaire, Colin Jackson June 16, 2025

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Detroit attorney Todd Perkins formally announced his campaign for mayor on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at the Considine Little Rock Recreation Center in Detroit's North End neighborhood.
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The Metro: Meet Todd Perkins: Attorney, advocate, and Detroit mayoral hopeful

Nadia Zyiad June 16, 2025
Jerome Vaughn at the Mackinac Policy conference sit down for an interview.
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Mackinac Policy Conference: Victory on roads

Jerome Vaughn June 14, 2025
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Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Shows Lawmaking is Just the First Step

Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher August 18, 2017

Cheyna Roth/MPRN For the first time, people in Michigan who were wrongfully convicted are receiving compensation for their time in prison....

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Woodward Dream Cruise
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Why Doesn’t the Woodward Dream Cruise Come South of 8 Mile?

Ryan Patrick Hooper August 18, 2017

It’s a simple question with a complicated answer that ranges from the history of cruising culture in metro Detroit as...

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What’s Really in the Water Along Lakes St. Clair and Erie

Amy Miller August 18, 2017

Researchers are looking for citizen scientists to help collect water samples along the southern Ontario coast tomorrow (8/19). It’s part...

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Pow Wow Set for Saturday

Amy Miller August 18, 2017

A group that refers to itself as the “invisible minority” plans to come together this weekend. Southeast Michigan is home...

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Notice to Voters Election Polling Place 8.8.17-jn
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A Number of Ballot Proposals Get Green Light to Collect Signatures

Cheyna Roth August 18, 2017

Jake Neher/WDET Several ballot proposals for Michigan’s 2018 election crossed a hurdle Thursday. The Board of State Canvassers approved the...

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Residents hold vigil at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial to honor the victims of the violence in Charlottesville, VA in August 2017.
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How Do We As a Community Move Forward After Racial Violence and Rhetoric?

Detroit Today August 18, 2017

Sandra Svoboda/WDET WDET and Detroit Today has spent time this summer looking back 50 years in Detroit and talked to one...

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Hearings Begin to Compensate Wrongly-Convicted Inmates

Cheyna Roth August 17, 2017

Cheyna Roth/MPRN The first hearings to compensate people who were wrongfully convicted in Michigan began on Wednesday. Marwin McHenry is...

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Metro Detroit Little League Team Hits World Series Stage

Quinn Klinefelter August 17, 2017

Courtesy of Little League Baseball and Softball A Metro Detroit baseball team is preparing for its time on the big...

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Thomas Jefferson Memorial nps.gov 5.11.17-jn
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How Should We Deal With Monuments to Deeply Flawed Historical Figures?

Detroit Today August 17, 2017

Laura Weber Davis/WDET This conversation originally aired on Detroit Today on May 11, 2017. Early on Thursday morning, a statue...

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Stephen Henderson (left) and Nolan Finley photographed by StoryCorps in 2017.
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StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: A Tale of Two Paper’s Opinions

Sascha Raiyn, Laura Herberg August 16, 2017

  Stephen Henderson is the editor of the liberal-leaning editorial page at the Detroit Free Press. Nolan Finley, on the other...

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Trump in Macomb
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Trump Officials Draw Hard Line at Start of New NAFTA Talks

Quinn Klinefelter August 16, 2017

Jake Neher/WDET The Trump Administration is set to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Trump has said...

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Dana Nessel Attorney General Candidate 8.16.17-jn
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Civil Rights Attorney Announces Candidacy for State Attorney General

Cheyna Roth August 16, 2017

Cheyna Roth/MPRN Civil rights attorney Dana Nessel will run for state attorney general. Two years ago, Nessel stood in a...

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