National Company Hired to Keep Downtown Detroit Clean
Marissa Gawel/WDET A new company will be helping to keep Detroit’s downtown clean this summer. The national organization Block by...
Survey Reports Optimism is Increasing Among Michigan’s Small Business Owners
A recent survey shows optimism among Michigan’s small business owners is the highest it has been since the recession. The results, released...
March Auto Sales Cool Off, But Better Than Expected
Auto sales slowed in March. General Motors, Ford, and Nissan all sold fewer vehicles last month than they did a...
March Sales Cool For GM, Ford
A wintry month of March helped cool-off sales for two of Detroit’s Big Three automakers. Ford and General...
UAW Membership Hits 400,000–the Highest it’s Been Since 2008
Tom Magliery/Creative Commons Membership in the UAW is the highest it has been since 2008, according to the organization’s annual...
Motor City Match to Connect Entrepreneurs with Properties
Marissa Gawel/WDET The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation is launching a program designed to lure more business to the city. The...
Free Press Editor Reflects On Paper’s Digital Evolution
The Detroit Free Press has broken some big news stories during Paul Anger’s time as editor and publisher. They include...
Proposal 1: It’s Not Just About The Roads
WDET Joan Isabella Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson writes: "There are a lot of opinions these days about the ballot proposal...
Personal Stories Of Wayne County’s Foreclosure Crisis
Roughly 76-thousand homes in Wayne County are at risk of tax foreclosure. As the deadline to pay back taxes approaches...
Wayne County Leads Nation In Population Loss
Newly-released Census data reveals that more people left Wayne County last year than in moved out of any other...
Ford Issues Recall for Some Police and Emergency Vehicles
J. Carlisle Larsen/WDET Ford is issuing three recalls in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The largest recall affects around 213,000...
Study Shows Growth in Distance Between Work and Home
Matt Pagel/ CC A Brookings Institution report reveals the distance between peoples' homes and their jobs in metropolitan areas grew in 2012...