Rep. Dan Kildee on Infrastructure Bill: “It’s Not Enough”

The Biden administration is still working on its bipartisan infrastructure bill, all while the increase in severe summer weather events is showing...

Whitmer Proposes Big Investment in Michigan Parks Amid Longstanding Challenges

Michigan’s parks could be getting a glow up. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced last week that she wants to put $150 million in...

Detroit Policy Conference Returns In-Person as Region Faces Significant Challenges

The Detroit Regional Chamber will hold its first in-person Detroit Policy Conference in more than a year on Tuesday, July...

Rep. Elissa Slotkin Discusses Microchip Shortage, Infrastructure and Flooding

Automakers are losing a lot of money this year because of a shortage of microchips. These silicon microchips are about the...

Hundreds of Thousands of Retail Workers Are Quitting Their Jobs, Finding Better Ones

As we transition from more than a year of COVID restrictions into some return to life as before, two jobs...

How Michigan Can Keep Evictions Low Even After Moratorium Ends

July 31 will mark the end of the eviction moratorium implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

Sen. Stabenow Addresses Confusion Over Expanded Child Tax Credit

When the American Rescue Plan passed, it included an increase to the child tax credit to $3,000 per child over...

Coalition Says Ensuring Health and Wealth at Home Depends on Sending Money Abroad

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition is launching a campaign called “Foreign Aid – What’s It Worth?” Coalition President Liz Schrayer...

Lack of Child Care Options Limit Michigan Families’ Opportunities, Force Tough Choices

With over 65% of adults in the U.S. with at least one shot of a vaccine, there has been a lot...

Detroit Is Not Built to Handle Climate Change

When flooding rains filled freeways and drenched basements across Metro Detroit in 2014, it was considered a 100-year flooding event....

Henry Ford Health System Is Requiring All Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Henry Ford Health System is mandating that all of its approximately 33,000 workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. Officials say anyone...

Author Clint Smith’s New Book “How the Word Is Passed” Interrogates America’s History of Slavery

With the recent discussions surrounding critical race theory, Americans are debating how to approach the country's history of racism and oppression.  “For so...