Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson is rolling out a plan to impose strict new safeguards on data centers in Michigan to address concerns over rising energy costs, environmental impacts, and transparency.  As artificial intelligence increases the demand for massive, energy-devouring facilities, many residents across the state are pushing back, saying the projects will harm communities […]

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They were young girls and women, walking to school, home, or a friend’s house in Detroit when they were abducted at gunpoint and raped more than two decades ago. 

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A Wayne County judge has granted a new trial to a man who has spent nearly nine years in prison for a Westland mobile home fire after attorneys argued his conviction relied on outdated and unreliable fire science.

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Michigan Congressman Shri Thanedar has introduced his third impeachment resolution, H.Res 1105, Impeaching Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General of the United States of America, for high crimes and misdemeanors — that is, for her abject failure to release the Epstein files as required by federal law, and her continued obstruction of justice. However, simply writing […]

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Corewell Health is accused of failing to address a nurse practitioner who publicly described herself as a “proud Islamophobe” and shared social media posts calling for discrimination against Muslims, according to a complaint with the state.

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A former Detroit homicide detective whose interrogation tactics have led to exonerations and multimillion-dollar settlements is now connected to another vacated conviction.

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As Amanda Love runs for Michigan secretary of state touting her Christian faith and commitment to family values, her own sister is publicly warning Republicans not to support her.

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Israel's war in Gaza has become a major dividing line in Michigan’s Democratic Senate race as more voters begin sympathizing with Palestinians.

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This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about whether state or federal court will have the final say on the future of the controversial Line 5 pipeline, which carries crude oil and natural gas liquids […]

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The head of DC Water, whose agency oversees the sewer line that collapsed and spilled more than 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River last month, previously played a prominent role in the Flint water crisis. 

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The fight over the future of the historic Leland House intensified Tuesday after some Detroit City Council members openly questioned whether the city should take control of the long-troubled building and convert it into public housing.

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Dubbed “the nation’s largest pantless party,” Cupid’s Undie Run sees people in various states of undress brave the cold to embark on a mile-long run. The annual event raises awareness of neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body. The event took place on Saturday at Detroit’s Tin Roof […]

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No big surprise here: Snowy Michigan is home to many Team USA Winter Olympians this year. According to Team USA, the Great Lakes State is sending 15 athletes to Italy to compete in the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, which will take place in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo from Feb. 6-22. That places Michigan in the […]

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A woman whose family became homeless after losing her home and most of her belongings in an apartment fire in Farmington Hills one day before Easter last year has filed a lawsuit against her landlord and property managers, alleging long-standing safety failures and retaliation.

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A number of Detroit-area small businesses closed on Friday as part of a National Shutdown Day general strike in solidarity with the protests over the Trump administration’s deadly U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in Minnesota.  “Every day, ICE, Border Patrol and other enforcers of Trump’s racist agenda are going into our communities to kidnap […]

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A Michigan lawmaker is pushing to block state-owned property from being sold or repurposed for federal detention facilities after 32 people, including children, died nationwide in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2025. 

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A Rockwood family filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday alleging that an adult leader in a local Boy Scouts of America troop used his position to groom and sexually abuse a minor, and that the Boy Scouts and its Michigan affiliate failed to enforce basic safeguards designed to prevent abuse. The lawsuit, filed in Wayne County […]

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A mausoleum built for Oscar Rosenberger, the owner of the once-famous San Telmo Cigar Company, was ransacked at Detroit’s historic Woodmere Cemetery.

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Planned Parenthood of Michigan has launched a vasectomy pilot program in the state. The nonprofit reproductive health care organization now offers vasectomy procedures in Grand Rapids, and says the program will expand throughout Michigan in 2026. “We hear from a lot of our patients about wanting more control over their reproductive health or wanting to […]

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