U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, is urging his colleagues in U.S. House to pass a resolution calling on the Canadian government and the Obama administration to halt the creation of a nuclear storage waste site. The site would be built about a mile from...
Struggling to repay student loans is something that unites many of us. Across the country, almost 40 million people are trying to repay $1.3 trillion in student loan debt. Here in Michigan, 1.5 million people are trying to erase more than $39 billion...
Michigan voters head to the polls in less than a month to vote on a ballot proposal to raise the state's sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent to fund roads. For this Week in Michigan Politics, Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry expl...
Many of Motown's greatest hits were written at a little house on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, the house known as Hitsville USA. Hitsville USA was Motown's first headquarters until Berry Gordy moved the label to Los Angeles 30 years ago this week....
There's a lot of talk about supporting our military veterans as they come home and transition back to civilian life. The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency is standing by to help vets in a variety of ways, from employment to benefits and resources to t...
Erna Roberts has had a full life. As a survivor of the WWII Nazi takeover of her homeland, Latvia, as well as two separate Russian occupations, still living on her own at the age of 97 is the least of her feats. Her experiences are the subject of Ern...
In our informal survey, 61% of teachers indicated that better pay is the best way to retain teachers. As part of our Learning to Teach week at Michigan Radio, Joshua Cowen, an associate professor at the Education Policy Center at Michigan State Unive...
Aimee Hare is studying to be a teacher. But she has a problem. Before she can take the next step and become a student teacher, she has to pass the Professional Readiness Exam, or PRE. She's taken the test twice and failed both times. I consider mysel...
According to Randy Olson, 2,098 miles and 43 stops is the perfect road trip around Michigan. Olson who's about to graduate from Michigan State University with a doctorate in computer science used his computer magic to create what he calls, Pure Michi...
Detroit Public Schools is $53 million behind in pension payments with no end in sight for the financial free-fall. According to Chad Livengood of The Detroit News, the district is predicting a deficit of $166 million. The biggest driver to the DPS de...