The Metro: Could a free market ease Michigan’s affordability crisis?
Affordability. That’s the word that’s been buzzing around politics. In November, Democrats across the country won on the promise of...
The Metro: Could a free market ease Michigan’s affordability crisis?
Affordability. That’s the word that’s been buzzing around politics. In November, Democrats across the country won on the promise of...
The Metro: A year into the MAHA era, local health departments try to pick up the pieces
Public health decisions touch homes, classrooms, and workplaces across Michigan, but the system behind those decisions is under extraordinary strain....
A Republican outlook on Michigan’s 2026 elections
In this episodeWhat has Michigan businessman Perry Johnson promised in his first two months on the campaign trail?How are Michigan...
The Metro: The fight to document lasting harm of Michigan’s Native boarding schools continues
For more than a century in the United States, Native children were forcibly removed from their families and sent to...
Will massive data centers create large rate increase for Michigan customers?
A new report finds that the rise in requests to build huge data centers across the country could reshape the...
The Metro: Why lawmakers are banning cell phones in Michigan schools
In the Republican-controlled House, lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill banning cell phones in charter and public schools with strong bipartisan...
MichMash: Budget battles and ballot changes in Michigan
Subscribe to MichMash on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.House Republican have moved to unilaterally cut up to $645 million...
The Metro: Fewer killings in Detroit and what made it possible
Detroit ended 2026 with fewer people killed than it’s seen in decades: 165 homicides. That number carries an enormous amount...
The Metro: Michigan city leaders say local democracy is working
At the federal level, democracy is on its heels in America. President Donald Trump has violated national and international laws...
MichMash: Are economic incentives helping Michigan?
At the end of 2025, a commitment to getting a new economic development plan out of the Legislature was halted....
The Metro: Power, money and silence — Michigan politics this week
In Michigan, hundreds of millions of dollars that people are counting on remain frozen. Last year’s state budget included roughly...
MichMash: Looking back on Michigan’s top political stories of 2025
There were a lot of defining political moments in 2025 that made the year stand out. This week on MichMash,...