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Conference looks to reclaim Flint

The city of Flint is hosting a conference this weekend which to look at ways to transform the city.The Congress for Urban Transformation is bringing…

State's stricter drinking water requirements turn up more lead

Twenty-one drinking water systems in Michigan this year have found lead amounts that exceed the federal action limit, according to state officials.Those…

Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut is one of the progressive Democrats pushing to expand some of the safety net programs created since the coronavirus pandemic.

Progressives See Coronavirus Crisis As A Chance To Make Big, Lasting Policy Changes

Some Democrats are pushing for changes to the social safety net to address needs of people during the pandemic and beyond. Moderates caution the need for reassessing plans and bipartisan changes.

Lessenberry explains controversial election bills and the state of emergency in Flint

This Week in Michigan Politics, Jack Lessenberry explains the straight-ticket voting law that Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law, another proposed…

RVs line neighborhood streets in Los Angeles, where nearly 10,000 people live in vehicles.

Amid Homelessness Crisis, Los Angeles Restricts Living In Vehicles

Nearly 10,000 people in Los Angeles live in vehicles. The City Council recently extended a ban on sleeping overnight in cars, vans or RVs in residential areas and near parks or schools.

State orders Flint hospital to take steps to reduce Legionnaires' disease risk

State health department officials are ordering McLaren Hospital in Flint to comply with new recommendations stemming from a deadly Legionnaires' disease…

2017 August election results for Ann Arbor, Detroit, Flint, Lansing and Grand Rapids

Here are the election results from the races we are following. (Scroll for results)(Winners in Bold - results are unofficial)Get your local election…

Critics say Detroit water restoration too slow, appeal to Gov. Whitmer

Detroit is turning on water service to thousands of households that had been shut off—but some say it’s moving too slowly.Detroit established an…

Unemployed people wait outside the state Labor Bureau in New York City in 1933. The current economic crisis has drawn comparisons to the Great Depression, but experts say this downturn should be shorter.

'A Lot To Be Hopeful For': Crisis Seen As Historic, Not Another Great Depression

The speed and scale of the economic crash have drawn comparisons to the Great Depression. But this downturn should be shorter, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economic historians say.

Flint emergency manager calls council "obnoxious"

FLINT – Flint's state-appointed emergency manager says he didn't like what happened when City Council met to discuss a report about the city's future, so…

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