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...
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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 Ann Arbor Art Fair sketches out a big weekend
The Ann Arbor Art Fair will welcome nearly half a million visitors from July 16-18. There will be a thousand...
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...
The Metro: Why partisan politics makes it harder to keep the lights on in Michigan
Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders lost power over the weekend of July Fourth, prompting a conversation about the fragility of the...
The Metro: Learning can be hard, but healthy relationships make it easier
Learning has become harder for many students as fewer people are reading due to the distractions of new technologies. While...
The Metro: Michigan’s grid keeps failing and the fight to fix it is growing louder
There is a quiet that settles into a house when the power has been out for three days. The hum...
The Metro: From demand letter to lawsuit — why the Detroit Tenant Union is suing a local court to protect renters
While Detroit law says a landlord cannot rent a home until it’s been deemed livable by city inspectors, 86% of...
The Metro: Retired from the bench, but not from the fight
Federal judges across the country have been getting pizzas delivered to their homes that they never ordered. It is an...
The Metro: Why is metro Detroit home to so many Maltese Americans?
Malta is a country in the Mediterranean that is nearly the size of Detroit. Immigrants first came to the metro...
The Metro: After a week of outages, a bigger question about Michigan’s grid
If you live in metro Detroit, the last week probably tested your patience — and maybe your fridge. First, the...
The Metro: What Michigan’s Senate race reveals about the state — and future — of the Democratic Party
Come November, thousands of political seats are up for grabs. One of the most compelling races in Michigan is...
