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This past April Governor Rick Snyder said he wanted the state to enact tougher lead limits for drinking water than the federal limits. He unveiled the…

Federal judge will hear challenge to gay marriage banA federal judge is allowing a legal challenge to Michigan adoption laws and its ban on same-sex…

The city of Hamtramck will once again be under state control.The Department of Treasury announced Governor Rick Snyder's appointment of an emergency…

When Metro Detroit got hit by an unprecedented rainstorm last August, it unleashed massive flooding — and an estimated ten billion gallons of raw sewage —…

The US Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct an inspection of Detroit’s wastewater treatment plant.In a statement issued Wednesday, the EPA…

The man hired by the Flint School Board to find buyers for closed school buildings is not optimistic he’ll be able to find buyers.Last night, the Flint…

Are the Wisconsin protests becoming public employees’ equivalent of the Sit Down Strike in Flint, Michigan?Professor Steven Ashby at the University of…

Former Flint Mayor Don Williamson is suing the city after officials demanded that he pay out $4.5 million awarded to police officers in a 2011…

The Detroit City Council has approved the city’s participation in the Great Lakes Water Authority.The city of Detroit currently owns and operates most of…

When the earthquake strikes — the big one that Californians have been warned about — Shy finds himself on a cruise ship serving towels to the wealthy patrons. But he's not out of harm's way. Matt de la Pena discusses his new novel, The Living, with NPR's Scott Simon.