Ambassador Bridge protest impacting auto industry 

The Ambassador Bridge remains shut down by protesters, and it might start having an impact on the local economy. About...

Detroit City Council considers new framework for recreational marijuana

Detroit City Council is rolling out new guidelines for licensing recreational marijuana stores, the city’s second attempt at drafting an...

How anti-vaccine protests in Ottawa sparked Windsor demonstrations

What started as a protest against vaccine mandates morphed into something else. It turned into a traffic jam, a trade...

City of Detroit launches program to help homeowners with flooding repairs

Detroit is hiring plumbers to help flood-prone neighborhoods in the city. Homeowners and landlords in eligible properties that regularly flood...

Palmer Park to host Winter Fest

Photo courtesy of the City of Detroit This year will mark the inaugural Winter Fest presented by Detroit Parks and...

Witnesses testify in Crumbleys’ preliminary exam

5:10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8: This story has been updated with the date of the next court appearance and testimony...

COVID-19 protests threaten border trade between Canada, U.S.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian lawmakers expressed increasing worry Tuesday about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest...

Whitmer to present spending plan this week

The first step toward spending Michigan’s surplus from tax revenue and federal recovery funds begins this week.  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer...

Detroit retirees want the city to issue them a one-time check using ARPA funds. The city says it can’t.

A segment of Detroit retirees are circulating a change.org petition asking for the City of Detroit to pay them a...

2nd guilty plea planned in alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer

DETROIT (AP) — A man charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty,...

‘Just kind of bracing for the worst possible scenario’: Michigan inmates worry as omicron spreads

Mallorie Wilson-Strat is serving a life sentence at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility since her conviction in 2012. Despite...

Study: COVID-19 may cause fetal inflammation

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says pregnant women who get COVID-19 have a higher risk of severe illness....