Michigan could lose hundreds of millions of federal dollars under changes for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program The federal government will penalize states that report a SNAP error rate of 6% or more Michigan’s latest error rate is at 9.53% and the state health department is working to reduce it Michigan may have to shell out upwards […]
House GOP cuts include funding for a new fire pumper truck in Hamtramck, which chief says city is still on the hook for ‘This is not waste, fraud and abuse,’ says Democratic lawmaker who sponsored the Hamtramck budget earmark Speaker Matt Hall defends $644 million in unilateral spending cuts, blasts fellow Republicans concerned by the […]
Five years after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Line 5 pipeline shut down, a federal judge ruled Wednesday she had no authority to do so Whitmer had ordered the shutdown citing the risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes US District Judge Robert Jonker called those ‘critical interests,’ but concluded Whitmer ‘lacks […]
Michigan House Republican bill debated Wednesday would repeal the state’s extreme risk protection order law, or ‘red flag’ law The law is meant to remove guns from people believed to be at risk of harming themselves or others; the guns are returned sometime later Proponents say the law is an overreach and violates due process […]
Money set aside to fix Michigan’s problem dams after the 2020 Midland failures has now run out Meanwhile, Michigan’s dams keep getting older and repair needs are mounting Some fear that despite vows to avoid another Midland-like catastrophe, Michigan will wind up right back where it started Four years ago, in the wake of the […]
At dawn on Sunday, June 11, the smokestack of Detroit’s incinerator will finally come tumbling down. But what should be a joyous occasion for the residents who fought for years to get the Detroit Renewable Power incinerator closed has raised new fears. Neighbors say they’ve not been properly informed about the demolition process, and want […]
Mia Reid asked a crowd of a few dozen people gathered in Gordon Park Monday to raise their hand if they knew someone killed by guns. Nearly every arm rose in unison. Reid lost her only son Charles in a shooting that ended his life at age 24. Reid noted Black Americans face a higher risk of […]
Go more in-depth on this story at BridgeDetroit. DETROIT — Bethany Howard’s neighborhood was dismantled to satisfy demand for automobiles. She grew up in Detroit, the Motor City, in the 1980s. For five generations, the Howards have lived, worked and attended school in East Canfield, a tight-knit, walkable community. She still lives in the same house her great-grandfather […]
In downtown Detroit, 501 Third Avenue is known today as Steve Yzerman Drive and houses a Detroit People Mover station. But in the 1800s, the site played an important part in Detroit’s history as a major railway also serving as a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves seeking freedom across the border into Canada. […]
Detroit Police Chief James White says embarrassingly poor police work, not facial recognition technology, is to blame for the false arrest of a pregnant woman whose temporary imprisonment led to a federal lawsuit and changes in the department’s investigative procedures. The lawsuit has sparked national interest in Detroit’s use of the controversial technology. It’s the third lawsuit filed […]