Opinion: 'Occupy Detroit' Protesters Should Move Into Vacant Houses, Rebuild City
If Detroit recovers, it will start with hundreds of little projects: homes repaired, small businesses started, charter schools opened.
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If Detroit recovers, it will start with hundreds of little projects: homes repaired, small businesses started, charter schools opened.
"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue," is a popular rhyme that helps us remember the story of Christopher Columbus. Because we recently celebrated Columbus Day, here's the rest of his story.
The Detroit Casino Council told WWJ Newsradio 950 that the tentative deal was reached Wednesday and a ratification vote could come as early as Friday.
"When you have a private company willing to take all the cost and all the risk in this economy and invest in Detroit, it's appalling that we even have this fight," Moroun's wife, Nora Moroun, told WWJ this spring.
D-DOT riders fed up with poor service say that Detroit Mayor Dave Bing won't understand how bad the city's public bus system is until he spends some time waiting for a bus.
We visit J.D. Power's global forecasting conference, and talk with analyst Jeff Schuster about where the industry goes from here.
Raised in New Jersey, the athletic 57-year-old arrived in New York City in 1978 to pursue a career as an actor. Instead, he spent the next 29 years as a waiter, which he explains is "a lot longer than is considered understandable."
A down on their luck Detroit family asked the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries only for food and got more than they could have dreamed.
Businesses around the Palace of Auburn Hills are paying close attention to the NBA labor talks to determine the fate of the season -- and their livelihoods.
On November 8, Detroiters will have to decide if they want a new City Charter to replace the current one. This has at least one group of voters urging people to vote "no."
Police are accused of excessive force and gross negligence in dealing with a southwest Michigan man who died in 2009 following a confrontation with two officers who subdued him with stun guns, according a federal lawsuit filed by his family.
"I believe UAW Ford workers understood the importance of each and every vote," said UAW Vice President Jimmy Settles.
Most people who spoke to WWJ at the meeting, including casting agents, writers and others, agreed Michigan's film incentive needs to be restored to put people back to work.
Wayne State University Law School will be celebrating the grand opening of the Damon Keith Center for Civil Rights.