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African-Americans in Michigan are murdered at one of the highest rates in the nation. That's according to a study from the Violence Policy Center.The…

After an outbreak of E. coli in spinach killed several people in 2006, farmers clamped down on every possible source of contamination. Those safety efforts have also pushed out wildlife, destroyed sensitive habitats and increased pollution in waterways.

State utility regulators are the latest to give Lansing’s city electric utility poor marks for how it handled a massive ice storm in December.The Michigan…

More than 85 million bottles of water are sold every day in the United States. Freshwater expert Peter Gleick explains what's in them — and why we drink them — in the book Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.

There has been a healthy degree of grousing this year by lovers of hot weather.We had a cool and rainy spring, and certainly this summer has not been a…

The race for Michigan's 14th Congressional District just got more crowded. The Detroit Free Press reports today that former state Rep. Mary Waters has…

The two reasons: 1) the process of moving water that far, and that high, wouldn't make economic sense; 2) Great Lakes water is locked down politically.The…

Michigan loves its beer.That's just about the only conclusion you can make about the news that Michigan is number five in the nation in the number of…

I once knew an opinion pollster who told me he could usually determine how anyone was going to vote without ever asking who they were going to vote for.He…

What does the future hold for Detroit’s water and sewerage department?We should have a better idea later this week, when the city’s emergency manager,…