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There are huge gaps in school funding between affluent and property-poor districts. And, with evidence that money matters, especially for disadvantaged kids, something has to change.

A new experiment meant to fill some of Detroit's vacant city-owned homes appears to be paying off.City officials plan to announce an expansion of the…

DETROIT (AP) - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has taken a step toward seeking a second four-year term leading the city that now operates under a state financial…

(Robert Ficano/Wayne County)Robert Ficano says he won’t let doubts about corruption in county government distract him from his job.The Wayne County…

This post from Katie Hosmer on MyModernMet.com caught my eye. You've got to clean the windows, so why not do it with a little flair?The photo to the right…

DETROIT (AP) - Government documents show that General Motors waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ions for power steering failures despite getting…

Fewer high school students are smoking cigarettes, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.Researchers with U of M’s Monitoring the…

The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce may not like to admit this, but their Mackinac Policy Conference’s official agenda is not the reason the vast…

People live out of their cars for all sorts of reasons. Photographer Andrew Waits set out to document their stories. He asked dozens of people across five states why they had left their houses behind.

Because HealthCare.gov was barely functioning in October and much of November, the administration is falling far short of the 3.3 million people it has projected would sign up by the end of December. Still, federal officials say they're confident that 7 million people will have obtained insurance on the exchanges by the end of March.