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The Metro: County Veteran Service Fund miscalculation puts veteran affairs offices in a tricky financial situation

Jack Filbrandt, The Metro March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.  Today on The Metro we bring you a conversation with...

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The Metro: Should cellphones be restricted in Michigan schools?

The Metro, David Leins, Cary Junior II, Trevor McConico March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Educators have been sounding the alarm that cellphones disrupt learning. More...

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The Metro: Connecting with community is important, but it’s gotten a lot harder

The Metro, David Leins, Trevor McConico February 27, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Loneliness in America is bad and getting worse. In recent decades,...

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The Metro: A conversation with new Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel

The Metro, Sam Corey February 25, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Democrats took a lot of hits in November at the...

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Three boys, identities unknown, pose in front of a five and dime store in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, and Black Bottom neighborhoods, 1930s-1940s.
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The Metro: Black history is Detroit’s history

The Metro, Tia Graham, Trevor McConico February 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Black History Month, and we want to recognize that Detroit...

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a pile of open books
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The Metro: New study shows “gamified learning” could improve youth literacy

The Metro, John Filbrandt, David Leins February 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Reading is one of the most beneficial life skills one can...

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A snowy street in Detroit
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The Metro: Climate change is impacting weather patterns and snow days

The Metro, David Leins, Trevor McConico February 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Snow days are when school districts close schools for a day...

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Confederates written by Dominique Morisseau at Detroit Public Theatre from February 6th through March 16th
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The Metro: Detroit Public Theatre’s latest production explores history in conversation with the present

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Tia Graham February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Now at the Detroit Public Theatre, the new stage play “Confederates”...

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The Metro: How is the project to cap I-75 going?

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Cary Junior II February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Downtown Detroit Partnership is developing a project to cap the...

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The Metro: What are tariffs? And how could they affect consumers?

The Metro, John Filbrandt, David Leins February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. On Tuesday, President Trump’s order to place 10 percent tariffs on...

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Attendees cheer as President Donald Trump speaks after taking the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • The Metro

The Metro: Tuning in on media habits in Trump’s second term

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Sam Corey February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. President Donald Trump ran on promises to shrink the federal workforce,...

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Tia Graham and Robyn Vincent
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The Metro: Sharing our favorite stories from our first year on-air

The Metro, Trevor McConico February 5, 2025

Today on The Metro, we’re celebrating our first year on the air!  It has been a ride. We’ve brought our...

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