Detroit City Council Rejects Duggan’s Blight Bond Proposal. Now What?

Detroit City Council voted down a proposal to add a $250-million blight bond question to the March primary ballot. The...

As Critical State Funding Hangs In Balance, Michigan Lawmakers Go Hunting

Lawmakers have left the state Capitol for a two-week break. This is the time of year that the Legislature typically...

The 1974 Supreme Court Ruling On Detroit School Busing That Worsened Segregation

It’s the early 1970’s. The City of Detroit is still licking its wounds after the civil disturbance in July of...

Trump Impeachment: Watch EU Ambassador Sondland, Career and Political Appointees Testify Live

The U.S. House of Representatives is holding open hearings in its impeachment inquiry into President Trump. All hearings will be...

Doubt Looms Large Over Detroit Demolitions, as City Council Weighs Blight Bond Proposal

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan made a big pitch to the city this fall: If residents vote “YES” on a $250-million...

Historic Center Line Church, Known for its Radical Design, Could be Closed or Sold

Organ music floats over the congregation gathered for a recent Sunday mass at Center Line’s St. Clement Catholic Church. Parishioner...

His Family Settled Center Line. Now, He Preserves Its History

Mike Grobbel chairs the Historical Society of Center Line. It's a fitting position, as his ancestors came to the area from Germany...

Michigan AG Seizes Records From City Officials Tied To ‘Make Your Date’ Scandal

Michigan’s Attorney General is seizing records related to a Detroit City Hall e-mail deletion scandal, according to a search warrant...

Trump Impeachment: Watch the Congressional Hearings Live

The U.S. House of Representatives is holding open hearings in its impeachment inquiry into President Trump. All hearings will be...

Bugs Bunny, Robin Williams and Anonymous: How the Trickster Shapes Our Culture

Shepard Siegel The San Francisco area of the late 60s and early 70s was a time of massive social change and...

Obamacare FAQ: How to Sign Up For Healthcare in Michigan by Dec. 15

Michigan residents have until Dec. 15th to go to HealthCare.gov and sign up for the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, or...

Michigan Has Its Share of Wildfires, Caused Mostly by People

Wildfires have killed more than 100 people and destroyed thousands of homes in California since 2017. Cal Fire, the state's...