Should Detroit spend ARPA funds to expand ShotSpotter in the city?
This week, Detroit City Council approved $1.5 million to renew ShotSpotter, while delaying a vote on whether to spend $7...
Public Safety
Company tied to Flint Water Crisis spins involvement with digital campaign
Subscribe to MichMash on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode: Veolia North America, a company hired by Flint in...
Wayne County court program becomes a nonprofit to better serve foster children
A court-based program serving youth announced it will now operate as an independent nonprofit. Wayne County Court Appointed Special Advocates...
Michigan’s Recovery Mobile Clinic makes health care more accessible
Jordana Latozas is an acute care nurse practitioner. While working at a brick-and-mortar clinic, she noticed many patients had a...
New COVID boosters available in Michigan this week
The latest wave of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots is expected to become available in Michigan this week. Health officials say...
Continued mass shootings could be desensitizing Americans to violence
It seems like whenever you turn on your TV, check social media or even tune into the radio, the rise...
Detroit man charged in shooting death of Black transgender woman
Detroit is reporting its second murder of a transgender woman of color in just over four weeks. A Detroit man...
Young women are putting their foot down about safe sex post-Roe
Earlier this summer the Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade, which protected federal abortion rights, leaving some states to...
CDC says Southeast Michigan counties are high risk for COVID-19
Health officials say most of Southeast Michigan is at high risk for the spread of COVID-19. The Centers for Disease...
As Michigan monkeypox cases rise, here’s how to stay safe
When a population is dealing with a new health threat, what we know, who is at risk and how to...
Judge: Prosecutors cannot enforce Michigan’s abortion ban
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge on Friday blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 ban on abortion...
Cities like Detroit turn to new weapons detection tech to try to prevent gun violence
This story originally aired on Marketplace. Weapons detection screening systems are popping up in many places — think metal detectors...