Conservators Making Significant Progress on River Raisin Recovery Efforts

The US Environmental Protection Agency is removing a couple of ecological issues from the River Raisin thanks to recent recovery...

Michigan Secretary of State is Suing Hewlett-Packard

Oakland Univeristy The Michigan Secretary of State is suing Hewlett-Packard for failing to upgrade the computer systems in 131 Secretary...

Detroit Public Schools See Big Drop in Crime Reports

The Detroit Public Schools Police Department says crime reports fell 29 percent during the 2014-15 school year. Chief Stacy Brackens says there...

DEQ Study: Michigan Lost More Than 4 Million Wetland Acres [Data]

Courtesy of Michigan DEQ More than four million acres of wetlands in Michigan have been lost over the past 200...

EPA Gives $4.5 Million to Restore the Clinton River

Bob Julius/Creative Commons The US Environmental Protection Agency is awarding Sterling Heights and Utica $4.5 million to clean-up the Clinton...

Feds ‘Upping Game’ to Catch Cheating Automakers

Federal regulators say they are taking new steps to catch automakers that skirt or defy government rules and regulations. Officials...

Michigan United Wants Power Restored to Detroit Board of Police Commissioners

JJ/Creative Commons The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners could return to full power after a city council vote next week....

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Awards $285,000 to Grow the State’s Water Trail Network

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is funding the mapping of water trails on the Huron and Clinton Rivers and other...

Justice Department Grants Detroit Funding for More Cops, Body Cams

The U.S. Justice Department is granting nearly $3 million to the Detroit Police Department to pay for new personnel and...

Former Detroit Treasurer Under Kilpatrick Sentenced to Prison for Bribery, Extortion

A federal judge is sentencing a former Detroit city treasurer during the Kilpatrick Administration to 11 years in prison for...

VW Emission Deception Could Cost Billions

Volkswagen says about 11 million diesel vehicles around the world were fitted with software that enabled the automaker to skirt U.S. clean...

Detroit’s White Population Growing for the First Time Since 1950

It’s no secret that Detroit, especially Downtown and Midtown, is going under some changes with major construction to revitalize the...