Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and others say the new Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety will support neighborhood-based work to interrupt cycles of violence.

Isabella County sold a home to settle a roughly $2,200 tax bill. The home sold for a fraction of its estimated nearly $200,000 value. The former owner's attorney said the county owes his clients the full value of the property.

In a 6-3 ruling, the nation’s highest court ruled the U.S. Constitution “very clearly” gives Congress the power to impose taxes, including tariffs, and that the president exceeded his authority.

The late Lucile Watts was the first Black woman elected to a circuit court in Michigan. Michigan Public spoke with her former colleague, retired Judge Cynthia Stephens.

Former residents of Vista Maria, a mental health and social services facility for girls and women in need in Dearborn Heights, are planning a lawsuit. They allege decades of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, with staff failing to intervene.

A judge on Tuesday granted a request for a hearing to learn more about the investigation that led to charges against former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, who was arrested soon after he was fired due to his relationship with his staff member. Judge J. Cedric Simpson expressed concerns a detective didn’t disclose Moore had a employer-employee relationship with the woman when a magistrate authorized a warrant for his arrest. Moore was charged with felony home invasion, stalking and illegal entry. His lawyer is trying to get the case dismissed.

First, the life and legacy of civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson. Then, the director of Calls From Home, a film documenting how a radio show connects inmates to family, joined Stateside to tell us about her work. Also, we learned more about the attempted lynching of Ossian Sweet, a Detroit doctor, and the self-defense trial which followed.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says a state civil rights investigation into police misconduct in Grand Rapids can continue for as long is at needs to because it is an administrative inquiry, not a criminal matter.

The company that owns Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Midwest, reported $254 million in profit last year, up nearly 700 percent from $32 million in 2024.

Eight pro-Palestine protesters the University of Michigan fired are suing to get their jobs back. The university says they broke campus rules banning violence, while the protesters argue the move is retaliation for their calls for U of M to cut ties with Israel.