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...

Auto Sales Set Record Pace in 2015

2015 was one of the auto industry's best sales years. General Motors, Toyota, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, and Nissan all reported...

Governor Snyder Weighs Straight-Ticket Voting in Michigan

Pkay Chelle/Creative Commons UPDATE at 11:29am on 1/5/16 Breaking from Michigan Public Radio's Rick Pluta: Governor Rick Snyder has signed a...

Feds Sue Volkswagen

The federal government is suing automaker Volkswagen, alleging the company violated the Clean Air Act by using illegal devices to...

Detroit Lions End Poor Season on Winning Note

The Detroit Lions have finished a disappointing season with a victory over the division rival Chicago Bears. Detroit held off...

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...

Word Warriors Want to Revive Forgotten Terms

If "banishing" overused words is anathema to you, then you might appreciate this story. The Wayne State Word Warriors have issued...

So Don’t Start a Sentence This Way

So, the most nominated entry on this year’s list of "banished" words from Lake Superior State University is--“so", specifically when it’s used to start...

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...

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly Advocates for Juvenile Justice

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly has a new job.  She’s become the Vice Chair of Litigation and...

State Rep Asks Governor and State Agencies to Look at Oil Recovery and Carbon Capture Technologies

A group of mostly Republican state lawmakers is pushing for more oil to be recovered from wells that have already...