Metro: Progressives win up and down ballot
Michigan primaries usually come and go with most people not voting. They’re low-profile elections in August, and turnout tends to...
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Metro: Progressives win up and down ballot
Michigan primaries usually come and go with most people not voting. They’re low-profile elections in August, and turnout tends to...
The Metro: Is voting the least we can do, or the most?
The polls are open in Michigan today. And by tonight, most of us will have done the thing we’re told...
The Metro: The Gordie Howe Bridge is cheaper to cross. The cargo is about to cost more
For the first time, truckers running between Detroit and Windsor have a choice of bridges — and the two crossings...
The Metro: Michigan’s lesser-known strategy for fighting addiction
Since the pandemic, overdose deaths are continuing to decline in Michigan. The number is dropping quickly in Metro Detroit. There...
The Metro: A pending asylum application used to protect you. Now it can make you a target
The law says if you come to this country and want asylum, you have to ask for it in your...
The Metro: Wayne County finally sees drop in overdose deaths, but new drugs spark concern
Overdose deaths in Michigan have been declining since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic brought on concerning increase in drug-related fatalities....
The Metro: Why we’re getting worse at catching outbreaks
If you’ve spent a bad week this summer wondering what you ate, you’re not alone. Michigan seems to be at...
The Metro: A tale of two towers. The case for and against the RenCen deal
This week, Governor Whitmer signed a law that doubles the cap on a state tax break for big development projects...
The Metro: Every tribe in Michigan opposes this pipeline. Michigan approved it anyway
Enbridge is a step closer to building a new oil tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac for its Line 5...
The Metro: The push to quiet cars in the Motor City
The sound of music and engines is synonymous with summer in metro Detroit. But that noise, specifically the kind generated...
The Metro: What Michigan gets wrong about wildfire smoke
Smoke from wildfires in Ontario and Minnesota has been lingering in Michigan skies. Some of it started on July 7,...
The Metro: Air quality in Detroit is better. A local physician is still concerned
Wildfire smoke at times last week made Detroit’s air quality the worst in the world — that's in a place that...
