New Payment Programs Are Helping 7,500 Detroit Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure

  More than 60,000 Detroit properties face tax foreclosure, but the city is implementing new programs to keep families in...

Pension Cuts Become Reality For Detroit City Workers

This week Detroit city retirees begin to see reductions in pension benefits -- cuts enacted as part of Detroit’s exit from bankruptcy....

State Seeks to Replace Retiring Superintendent

  Michigan has selected six finalists to fill the position of State Superintendent of the state’s schools. Current Superintendent Mike...

Can Detroit’s Economic Growth Include Everyone?

Host Bankole Thompson discusses crafting an inclusive economic environment with Rodrick Miller, the CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC)....

Rep. Kildee Says Netanyahu Visit Was All Political

Yesterday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before Congress. It was a contentious speech for many reasons, in part because of...

Lawmakers Revise the Impaired Driving Law

Michigan lawmakers are making changes to a bill regarding impaired driving that passed last year. Saint Clair County Representative Dan...

Looking At Proposal 1

Here's what voters will see on the May 5 ballot: A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE THE...

Governor Snyder Talks Road and School Funding at Education Summit

Governor Rick Snyder’s annual education summit is this week in Detroit. Jake Neher of Michigan Public Radio joins host Laura...

News Junkies Roundup: Downtown Traffic, Bentivolio’s Bankruptcy, And Voting At 16

A weekly panel of news junkies dissects the latest headlines. Topics include the weekend's crazy downtown traffic, Former Congressman Bentivolio filing...

Biden Says Nation Bet on Autoworkers and Won

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Detroit’s auto industry is healthy again, years after a federal bailout helped save car...