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There's no way to capture a town, or a place, or a person through one story.It's just not possible. It's what Nigerian storyteller Chimamanda Ngozi calls…

Flint mayor Dayne Walling is not disputing new FBI data that shows his city had the highest violent crime rate in the nation in 2010. Flint set a record…

Last week, Michigan Radio published a story about the Village of Beverly Hills, Michigan; a Detroit suburb located in southern Oakland County. The village…

On Tuesday, October 24, the Great Lakes Water Authority issued a boil water advisory for parts of Oakland County after a 48-inch water main broke late…

Detroit students won't be drinking out of water fountains when school starts next week.The Detroit Public Schools Community District announced Wednesday…

The Next IdeaA very strange article in The New York Times caught my eye the other day. It noted that while unemployment has fallen to 4.7%, the lowest in…

The Environment Report's Rebecca Williams kicked off Tuesday night’s Issues & Ale event at Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo with this question:Where do you get…

A new bill introduced into the Michigan Legislature would impose a 5 cent per gallon fee on bottled water.The bill's sponsor, Representative Peter Lucido,…

State lawmakers want Flint’s city clerk to get more training and supervision.Or she can resign or be replaced. The demands are part of a bill to let Flint…

The health clinic is operating, often by flashlight, out of tents. The island's bleak recovery epitomizes the unevenness of the disaster relief effort in the hurricane-devastated U.S. territory.