The Detroit City Council is debating a proposal by the Bing Administration to convert the city Health Department into a new health institute.

Two Detroit business tycoons are making big moves.

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne announced the company will support the M-1 Woodward Avenue light-rail project by committing three million dollars over five years to sponsor one of the stations along the 3.3-mile route from downtown Detroit to New Center.

He made the promise to real estate mogul and Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, a principal supporter of the M-1 project. Returning the favor, Gilbert said he’d take on a leadership role with the United Way for Southeastern Michigan, of which Marchionne is the fund-raising chair. Dollar, dollar bills ya'll.

This all went down just before Chrysler inked a deal to lease two floors of space and move 70 people downtown to the former Dime Building, which Gilbert scooped up during last summer's real estate pillaging. It's been renamed the Chrysler House.

Tony Molinaro handles public affairs for the Federal Aviation Administration. He tells WDET’s Travis Wright that $9.7 million in federal grants to Coleman A. Young International come with assurances that, in effect, protect the site from becoming anything but an airport.

WDET's Laura Weber give us an overview of the State's Financial Review meeting that took place this afternoon.

Governor Rick Snyder told a crowd of more than 100 at a Detroit town hall meeting he has no intention of “taking over” the city.

The Detroit City Council has approved a request by the Bing Administration to borrow $137 million dollars to help the city remain afloat financially.

The state of Michigan has officially declared a financial crisis exists in Detroit, and is preparing to assume some control over the city’s finances.

A state financial review board faces a deadline Monday to recommend a plan for keeping Detroit from bankruptcy.

The prosecution has rested its case in the federal trail of members of a Michigan militia charged with trying to overthrow the government.

Do you bike roads, ramps, or through wooded trails? No matter your mode, Tree Fort Bikes presents the first annual Detroit Bike City show and bike swap. It's organizers liken it to the Auto Show -- but for YOU. It goes down this Saturday from 10 am to six pm at Cobo Center. $8. Kids under 12 get in for free!

Delbert Brown, former director of the Coleman A. Young International Airport, tells WDET’s Travis Wright he supports privatizing the airport under the proposed consent decree sent down by the state to Detroit city officials this week.

Travis Wright talks with rapper Leaf Erikson, the hosts of An Evening With Titus, a tribute to Slum Village rapper Baatin going down tonight (3-14-12) at the Magic Stick.

Officials in financially-troubled Detroit are weighing a deal that would give the state of Michigan significant control over the city.

Al Garrett is president of the Detroit chapter of the American federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union. He opposes the proposed consent agreement for the city of Detroit.

WDET's Support The Arts (STAR) program tells the stories of non-profits arts and culture organizations in metro Detroit. This time, we learn about the more than century old Pewabic Pottery.

Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romeny and Rick Santorum are stumping across Michigan a day before the state’s primary. And WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter found that another GOP contender is ramping-up HIS campaign with stops in Detroit and elsewhere in the state.

Mitt Romney told a crowd of business leaders in Detroit today (Fri.) that he is the only Republican candidate who can defeat President Obama.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told a crowd of business leaders in Detroit he has a plan that will revitalize the nation’s manufacturing base.

The son of legendary jazz singer Mel Torme is on his way to Metro Detroit. Steve Torme will perform Saturday night in Taylor.

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing tweeted today that the city has reached a tentative agreement with unions representing city workers.

President Obama is threatening to steer federal aid away from colleges and universities that don’t clamp-down on rising tuition costs.

The state is appointing an Emergency Manager over the finances of the Highland Park Schools.

Governor Rick Snyder told the annual meeting of the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau that people in the state – including the tourism industry – need to be more “relentlessly positive.”

The so-called “Big Four” political leaders in Metro Detroit – the Mayor of Detroit, and the executives of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties – agree that it will be a disaster for the entire region if Michigan’s largest city goes bankrupt.

The North American International Auto Show opened today.

Plans for a light rail line along Detroit’s Woodward Avenue are still alive roughly a month after officials announced that the city could not sustain the cost of the project.

Detroit’s police chief is disputing recent reports that the city plans to shut down police precincts at four in the afternoon.

A Wayne County Judge has held the owner of the Ambassador Bridge in contempt of court for failing to complete the 230-million dollar Gateway Project in Southwest Detroit.

The Wayne County Airport Authority Board voted today to fire CEO Turkia Mullin who has been under fire for a severance payment she received after leaving a county job. WDET's Travis Wright talked to Noah Ovshinsky about the latest developments in this still unfolding story.