Pontiac’s Post-Emergency Management Board Relinquishes Some Powers to Mayor, City Council
Pontiac is slowly regaining control of its local government. The city’s mayor and city council will regain some authority previously...
Federal Oversight of Detroit Police Department Ends
After 13 years of answering to the U.S. government, the Detroit Police Department is free of federal oversight. A U.S. District...
Reveal: Billion-Dollar Scam
California’s workers’ compensation program covers 15 million workers across the state. If you get hurt on the job – fall...
MDOT Takes a Flier on Drones
The Michigan Department of Transportation is experimenting with flying drones to see how they could be used in road projects....
Group Revives Effort to Overturn Emergency Manager Law in Court
Emmanuel Huybrechts It’s been more than three years since lawmakers and Governor Rick Snyder approved a beefed-up emergency manager law for...
U.S. Attorney Talks Charges in DPS Kickback Scheme
Alan Alfaro/Creative Commons This week, 13 Detroit Public Schools administrators and a supplies vendor were charged with bribery in a...
New Lab Aims to “Spark” Interest in Science
A new exhibit coming to the Michigan Science Center lets visitors become inventors. The Spark!Lab is a hands-on area designed to...
African-American Political Power in Michigan [CHARTS]
In the wake of violence in Newark and Detroit during July 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson charged his Commission on...
US Attorney Charges 13 Detroit Public Schools Administrators With Bribery
The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan is charging a dozen current and former Detroit Public School principals...
The Batcave Is In Metro Detroit
Google says it has done something super villains have wanted to do for years – find the location of Batman’s...
Is There a Student Debt Crisis?
Flickr For several years now we've been hearing about a ballooning of student loan debt in America that's crushing young...
Reveal: New Day Dawning on The Night Shift
Every day, invisible armies of men and women head to work, where they’re tasked with doing something that helps...