Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies at 92

Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, according to a family spokesman. A statement issued...

Report Finds Kids of Color in Michigan still Fighting Poverty

A new report finds that fewer African American children in Michigan are living under the poverty line. But the state’s...

Dana Nessel Wins Endorsement from Democrats for Attorney General

Cheyna Roth/MPRN Democrats want Dana Nessel as their candidate for state Attorney General in 2018. The party held its endorsement...

Credit Cards Erase Requirement to Sign Sales Slips

Most of the nation’s major credit card companies will no longer require a customer to sign their name when they...

Ice Storm Snaps Trees, Power Lines

DTE Energy says the ice storm that hit southeast Michigan on April 14 and 15 brought down more than 2,000...

Dem Convention in Detroit This Weekend Could Be Crystal Ball Into Party’s Future

MichiganDems.com Thousands of Michigan Democrats will gather this weekend at Detroit’s Cobo Center for the party’s endorsement convention. Political onlookers...

DIA Becomes 1920’s Hollywood for Film Festival Gala

Detroit Free Press The Detroit Institute of Arts goes back in time Saturday to celebrate the golden age of cinema....

Former Judge Who Brought MLK to Detroit Dies

  Tony Spina/Detroit Free Press Controversial former Judge James Del Rio served in the Michigan state house in the 1960’s...

Downriver Communities Hardest Hit by Opioid Crisis

  New analysis shows several of Metro Detroit’s Downriver communities are experiencing higher rates of opioid overdoses. Data analytics from...

Campaign to Shut Down Oil Pipeline Under Straits of Mackinac Gaining Support

  Governor Rick Snyder is asking Enbridge Energy to accelerate it’s decommissioning of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits...

Red Wings Stay the Course With Holland, Blashill

The Detroit Red Wings made the NHL playoffs for 25 consecutive seasons from 1991 to 2016. They won the Stanley...

Michigan GOP Greets Ryan Retirement with Gratitude and Gripes

paulryan.house.gov Republicans in Michigan’s Congressional delegation are greeting Speaker Paul Ryan’s retirement from the most powerful post in the U.S...