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Flint resident and water crisis activist Melissa Mays speaks to WDET outside the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in downtown Detroit on Feb. 15, 2023.
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City of Flint says water pipe repair to be completed by August after activists demand new deadline

Russ McNamara February 16, 2023

Activists tied to the Flint water crisis were back in federal court Wednesday trying to get the city to finish...

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Michigan right to work protest
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan Democrats look to repeal right-to-work law

Russ McNamara January 26, 2023

In 2012, Michigan Republicans pushed through a right-to-work law that sought to decrease the influence of labor unions in the...

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  • Jobs & the Economy
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Michigan economics professor says recession would be mild despite rising inflation

Russ McNamara January 25, 2023

The U.S. economy has been dealing with a shortage of goods and high gas prices during the past year, leading...

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John James
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Rep-elect John James urges House Republican holdouts to support McCarthy in first floor speech

Russ McNamara January 6, 2023

Electing a new speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is usually a quick process, but infighting within the GOP...

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Portrait of author Tom Breihan overlayed with the book cover for "The Number Ones: Twenty chart-topping hits that reveal the history of pop music."
  • Culture & Music

Charting the course of pop music through its number one hits

Russ McNamara December 22, 2022

The history of pop music is still being written. Not just in the weekly Billboard updates on what’s at the...

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Detroit Police hold press conference describing the arrest of suspected gunman in random shootings.
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  • Public Safety

Detroit Police announce new initiative to improve mental health crisis intervention

Russ McNamara, Briana Rice December 15, 2022

Detroit Police are struggling to handle calls involving people in mental health crisis. On Wednesday, they announced a new initiative...

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City of Toledo, Lucas County vote to spend federal money on buying medical debt for residents

Russ McNamara November 25, 2022

Toledo City Council voted to spend $800,000 to purchase medical debt of people that live in the city. The measure...

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Abdullah Hammoud speaks about the new Dearborn Public Health Narcan station in the city's transit center
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  • Public Safety

Dearborn fighting rise in overdoses with NARCAN vending machine

Russ McNamara November 18, 2022

Dearborn is fighting an increase in opioid overdoses by making NARCAN free and readily available. The city’s Department of Public...

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a teenage girl wearing a protective face mask smiles in front of a machine with wooden cutouts of figures like birds, hearts and ice cream cones
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  • Youth

Ann Arbor teen wins prestigious environmental prize

Russ McNamara November 2, 2022

An Ann Arbor teenager earned a national honor while trying to positively impact her community. 13-year-old Isabelle Sutton received the...

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Ethan Crumbley
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Accused Oxford High School shooter pleads guilty

Alex McLenon, Quinn Klinefelter, Russ McNamara October 24, 2022

The teen accused of going on a murderous rampage at Oxford High School last November has pleaded guilty to all...

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Tudor Dixon Detroit Economic Club
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Whitmer and Dixon talk business at Detroit Economic Club

Russ McNamara October 21, 2022

Michigan’s economy was on the agenda as the state’s gubernatorial candidates made their pitch to the Detroit Economic Club —...

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poll workers absentee ballot stubs counting
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Judge rules smartphones, tablets allowed in Michigan ballot counting centers

Russ McNamara October 21, 2022

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has decided that new rules governing election challengers are invalid, just weeks before November's...

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