Detroit

Detroit officials are planning a major expansion of mental health services in Metro Detroit. But they’re calling on state legislators to invest $227 million into the expansion.

A new report from the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work says that employees want to be paid a living wage and be offered opportunities for advancement.

Detroit is home to Michigan’s biggest apartment complex exclusively for military veterans. It promised to bring an end to veteran homelessness in Detroit — and it was billed as a shining example of wraparound care for veterans.But residents complain the complex has gone downhill.

Detroit poet Nandi Comer will serve as poet laureate for the next two years. She sat down with Stateside to talk about her new role and Michigan's culture of poetry.

There will be increased police presence, road closures, no parking zones, business inspections and more lighting in Greektown and on Detroit’s Riverwalk.

Parents could also receive a “parenting responsibility” ticket if their kids are out past curfew.

Some of the questions they’re expected to wrestle with are who might be eligible for reparations — and what compensation and distribution might look like.

The District Detroit development is getting $800 million in tax incentives from the city and state. We talked to one reporter who says the real cost is much higher. Also, we learned about the effort to reopen one of the world's tallest ski jumps—in Ironwood, MI.

Whiting Award winner, poet Tommye Blount stopped in to discuss his work and future endeavors.

This new building, called The Anchor at Mariners Inn, will offer more supportive housing, counseling, therapy and job training services.

Detroit has a new app to help track the city’s hundreds of murals. And it’s free to download. The app is called CANVS Street Art. The company says it now has more than 2,000 murals listed from over 100 cities.

Detroit Opera's artistic director Yuval Sharon discusses everything you never imagined opera could be. Join us as we hear about a performance with VR headsets and green screens, a reverse-order operatic classic, and more.

You might think of puppetry as a kids art form. The folks performing at this weekend's Detroit Puppet Slam would beg to differ.

On today's show, an attorney spoke about cannabis decriminalization, and the team behind Quality Scary talked all things horror. Plus, a chat about puppetry and poetry.

Today on Stateside, the political fallout at Michigan State University after the resignation of president Samuel Stanley. Plus, a chat with Yuval Sharon of Detroit Opera.

“You’re seeing year over year seller gains drop in Lansing(-7.8%), in Kalamazoo (-7.2%)and in Ann Arbor (-6.1%) at rates that are similar to what we’re seeing nationally,” said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM.

Four major internet providers disproportionately offered the worst deals to neighborhoods across the U.S. that are poorer and have a higher concentration of people of color than other parts of their cities, according to an investigation by The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom focusing on technology's impact on society. Formerly redlined areas also received the worst offers.

One of the country’s largest waste management companies is expanding its footprint in Michigan with a new $35 million dollar facility in Detroit.

On today's show, why it's getting so hard to recruit candidates for local school boards. Plus, a Detroit organization's plan for making public meetings and information more accessible. Then, an update on House Representative Lee Chatfield's most recent legal troubles, and the grand opening of an impressive new suspension bridge in northern Michigan.

On today's show, an update on COVID numbers in Michigan, plus a look at the upcoming biennial Black Midwest Symposium in Detroit. Plus, two recovery and addiction professionals discuss the rising numbers of opioid-related deaths over the last few years.