Wayne County to Spend $82 Million on Roads in 2019
MDOT Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan lawmakers are a long way from fixing the state's roads. She proposed higher fuel...
Detroit, State Officials Say New Fiat Chrysler Plant Shows City Has ‘Turned the Corner’
Courtesy of City of Detroit Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says the city has “turned the corner” now that it is...
Why Are Drug Prices So High? What Can We Do About It?
Chris Williams/WDET Back in January, drug makers started out the new year with a whole lot of new price hikes...
Trump Officially Lifts Steel, Aluminum Tariffs From Canada and Mexico
Manufacturing groups in Michigan are welcoming President Trump’s proclamation that he’s formally lifting tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and...
Is Space The Next Frontier for Michigan’s Economy?
NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis Michigan's economy may soon find itself racing into the cosmos. At least, that's the goal of the Michigan Launch...
MichMash: Abortion Procedure Ban Could Become Law Despite Whitmer’s Opposition
WDET Digital Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vowed to veto controversial anti-abortion legislation if it reaches her desk. The House and...
David Brancaccio of Marketplace Digs Into Financial Abuse of Aging Americans
David Brancaccio The total cost of elder financial exploitation is anywhere between $3 billion and $36 billion a year. For individuals...
Detroit Myth Busters: Researchers Illuminate, Challenge City’s Civil Rights and Post-War History
Jake Neher/WDET Civil rights and the black power movement in Detroit What do you know about Detroit’s civil rights history?...
The Past, Present, and Future of the Food Economy in Detroit
AnnaMarie Sysling/WDET Detroit has a long history of food insecurity in the city’s black neighborhoods. One year after the 1967...
Democratic Presidential Hopeful Klobuchar Touts Midwest Ties to Michigan
The path to the White House continues to run through Michigan and other Midwestern states that President Trump won in...
What Are Some Solutions to Our Student Debt Crisis?
Sandy Baruah Student debt and college affordability are twin menaces in the United States, both threatening the promise of upward...
Case Study Canton: Is It Time to Come Up With New Ways to Design Suburbs?
Jerome Vaughn Southeast Michigan is a poster child for sprawl -- a metropolis designed less for people, and more for...
