Providing Context for the Shooting Death by Police of an Unarmed Man in Dearborn
JJ/Creative Commons Dearborn is the first city in southeast Michigan to make news for the shooting death of an unarmed...
New Year Brings New Laws to Michigan
The new year is bringing with it a new series of laws in Michigan, affecting everyone from drivers to diners....
Great Lakes Water Authority Officially Takes Over Operations
As of January 1, 2016 the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and seven counties in SE Michigan officially merged operations...
Internet Radio Show Gives Michigan Writers a Place to Discuss Their Work.
Two Metro Detroit women are working to bring the best in Michigan authors to the attention of the region. Andrea...
MDOT to Work on Rouge River Bridge on I-75
The Michigan Department of Transportation wants to repair the I-75 bridge crossing the Rouge River. The nearly 50-year-old Southwest Detroit...
Census Shows Michigan Population Up but Exodus Continues
New census data shows Michigan’s population barely increased in the past year, even as experts say thousands of residents were...
Ta-Nehisi Coates Voices His Thoughts on Mass Incarceration in Detroit and Beyond
Sean Carter Photography Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote what is arguably the most important book on race in a generation. "Between The...
“Our Environment, Our Waterways”: Top Issues for the Great Lakes
To predict southeast Michigan’s environmental future, look upstream. Candice Fortman That’s what Dave Spratt, chief executive officer of the Institute...
Southeast Michigan Environmental Issues: Climate Change, Clean Energy, Safe Water
Climate change. Renewable energy. Safe drinking water. Candice Fortman Environmental attorney Nick Schroeck is concerned about all of those issues...
Justice for All…Where the Environment is Concerned
Pollution knows no boundaries. “It’s important to understand that if it’s bothering Detroit, it’s also bothering Romulus, Michigan, it’s bothering...
Wayne County Could Finish Downtown Jail
Wayne County could try to finish building a new jail in downtown Detroit. Construction stopped in 2013 after the project...
Wayne County Finances Firming Up
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans says the county’s finances are in much better shape than they were when he took...