Are We Heading Into a New Era of School Choice?

Dr. Steve Perry It’s National School Choice Week. To mark the occasion, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, the Great...

Michigan Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Juvenile Lifer Cases

Michigan Supreme Court The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about how the state handles juvenile life without parole...

Detroit Health Department Receives More Than $1 Million in Grants [CHART]

Metro Detroit foundations and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have granted more than $1 million to the Detroit...

Tennis Teacher Seeks Funds to Fix Palmer Park Courts

A summer program in Detroit teaches children how to play tennis. The teacher is Leonora King, who says she learned...

Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Eli Newman / WDET The Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield was evacuated after an anonymous caller made a bomb...

What Did Confirmation Hearing Tell Us About Betsy DeVos?

Jake Neher/WDET A U.S. House Committee began confirmation hearings for Michigan billionaire and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos. President-elect Donald...

Moving Up and Down the Food Chain to Help Feed the Hungry

The Holidays often include campaigns to help people in need. But most of those organizations are working year round. Some...

How Do Young People Escape a Cycle of Violence and Crime?

Jake Neher/WDET Two young adults are being held by police after a gas station shooting in Detroit last month. The...

Butterflies Use Sun to Warm Muscles Before Flight

Holidays bring a sense of magic and wonder to some people and to children. The author of a new book...

How to Read Water

Over 70-percent of the earth is covered in water. Among other things, it’s tied to the movement of planets and...

Schools Have More Options Under Updated “Zero Tolerance” Discipline Law

Jake Neher/WDET Michigan’s zero-tolerance policy for schools is getting what some are calling a “common sense” update. Gov. Rick Snyder...

Michigan AG Files Criminal Charges Against Former Flint Emergency Managers

Michigan’s Attorney General is filing new criminal charges in regards to the lead contamination in the city of Flint’s water...