Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Awards $285,000 to Grow the State’s Water Trail Network
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is funding the mapping of water trails on the Huron and Clinton Rivers and other...
Justice Department Grants Detroit Funding for More Cops, Body Cams
The U.S. Justice Department is granting nearly $3 million to the Detroit Police Department to pay for new personnel and...
Former Detroit Treasurer Under Kilpatrick Sentenced to Prison for Bribery, Extortion
A federal judge is sentencing a former Detroit city treasurer during the Kilpatrick Administration to 11 years in prison for...
VW Emission Deception Could Cost Billions
Volkswagen says about 11 million diesel vehicles around the world were fitted with software that enabled the automaker to skirt U.S. clean...
Detroit’s White Population Growing for the First Time Since 1950
It’s no secret that Detroit, especially Downtown and Midtown, is going under some changes with major construction to revitalize the...
Religion and the Presidency
In a recent interview on NBC's "Meet the Press", Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson made waves when he told...
ACLU May Sue Catholic Hospital in Michigan for Denying Medical Care on Religious Grounds
The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue a Catholic hospital in Grand Blanc for refusing to perform a...
A New Pope for a New Age
Stephen Henderson talks with Father John Staudenmaier today about The Pope’s upcoming visit to Philadelphia, and the role his holiness...
WSU Hires Director of Multicultural Student Engagement
Wayne State University has launched a new Office of Multicultural Student Engagement. Its purpose is to get students more involved in...
Invasive Species Makes First Appearance in Michigan
Officials with Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources are confirming the state’s first case of an invasive species. It’s called yellow floating...
Exploring the inner workings of the ‘Hidden Brain’ with Shankar Vedantam
Stephen talks with NPR Science correspondent Shankar Vedantam about NPR’s new podcast, Hidden Brain. Mission Statement: Vedantam wants to connect people...
CuriosiD: Why is Detroit Auto Insurance SO Expensive?
This week's installment of CuriosiD looks at one of the city's most popular questions. Click on the audio player above or use...