Detroit Evening Report: Michigan jobless rate dips to 5.2%
Michigan unemployment rate drops slightly in AugustMichigan's monthly unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5.2 percent in August. A report from...
MichMash: October 1 state budget deadline looms
With less than two weeks until the budget deadline, there is still no state budget in sight. In this episode...
MichMash: Unpacking the dismissed 2020 case against Michigan electors + how state budget affects local governments
In 2020, 15 Republicans tried to cast Michigan's electoral votes for President Trump, even through President Biden won the state...
MichMash: State budget countdown to October 1 deadline
As Michigan schools return to classes this week, the uncertainty of the state budget is causing some schools to cut...
How will rescinding the ‘Roadless Rule’ impact Michigan’s national forests?
In June, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that they wanted to rescind the Roadless Rule, arguing that...
MichMash: State budget reaches new phase + Michigan selects new state superintendent
Nearly two months after the original deadline, House Republicans passed a budget giving the legislature a month to negotiate ahead...
Michigan apple orchards and cider mills will have plenty of fruit this fall
Apple lovers will have plenty to pick this fall. The Michigan Apple Committee estimates growers will harvest about 30 million bushels...
The Metro: With $156 million solar program axed, what’s Michigan’s path forward?
Last week, the lights went dim on a renewable energy program with big promise for the planet and your pocketbook. ...
The Metro: ‘The Grand Secret’ turns Mackinaw Island into the set of a murder mystery
Picture this: you’re on Mackinac Island having a grand old time at the Grand Hotel, and then boom, a mystery...
MichMash: Detroit mayoral primary results; Michigan Public Service Commission shake-up
The 2025 Detroit primary election has concluded, and now we have a two-person sprint to November's general election to determine...
The Metro: Wildfire smoke knows no borders as Michigan air quality suffers
Michigan’s skies are blanketed in haze, clouding the outlook for metro Detroiters. It’s not fog. Wildfires burning hundreds of miles...
MichMash: Former State House Speaker Tom Leonard talks gubernatorial run; state budget updates
Michigan's 2026 gubernatorial race is underway, and MichMash is talking to all of the major candidates. In this week's episode,...