The Metro: A tale of two towers. The case for and against the RenCen deal
This week, Governor Whitmer signed a law that doubles the cap on a state tax break for big development projects...
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The Metro: A tale of two towers. The case for and against the RenCen deal
This week, Governor Whitmer signed a law that doubles the cap on a state tax break for big development projects...
The Metro: Every tribe in Michigan opposes this pipeline. Michigan approved it anyway
Enbridge is a step closer to building a new oil tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac for its Line 5...
The Metro: The push to quiet cars in the Motor City
The sound of music and engines is synonymous with summer in metro Detroit. But that noise, specifically the kind generated...
The Metro: What Michigan gets wrong about wildfire smoke
Smoke from wildfires in Ontario and Minnesota has been lingering in Michigan skies. Some of it started on July 7,...
The Metro: Air quality in Detroit is better. A local physician is still concerned
Wildfire smoke at times last week made Detroit’s air quality the worst in the world — that's in a place that...
The Metro: When the power goes out, people call the mayor
What does accountability look like for Michigan’s utilities after over half a million residents lost power earlier this month? Last...
The Metro: How Michiganders are adapting to extreme weather
Over the past four months, northern Michigan has experienced a series of extreme weather events. In March, an ice storm...
The Metro: Is local food safer? A Detroit farmer weighs in
The cyclospora outbreak has highlighted just how hard it is to trace a bag of lettuce through a supply chain...
The Metro: Is cyclospora outbreak a food safety reckoning?
In a normal year, Michigan sees about 50 cases of a parasite called cyclospora. As of July 16, over 4,000...
The Metro: A contested police shooting, and a city’s own transparency law
Hours before the Ford Fireworks last month, a Detroit police officer shot 18-year-old Alonzo Lee-Perkins several times during a foot...
The Metro: State regulator says DTE restoration timelines ‘weren’t what they needed to be’
Many Michiganders feel powerless over their own electrical power. That’s because, despite approved rate hikes, when a storm hits the...
The Metro: The Republican gubernatorial campaigns — and the shifts they signal about the party
After President Donald Trump took the country to war and raised costs, many Republicans are finding it difficult to campaign...
