Crowdfunding. The word itself wasn't even known less than a decade ago. But crowdfunding has become a powerful way to raise money. EquityNet tells us that more than $20 billion in funding transactions will happen around the world this year. That is a...
Crowdfunding. The word itself wasn't even known less than a decade ago. But crowdfunding has become a powerful way to raise money. EquityNet tells us that more than $20 billion in funding transactions will happen around the world this year. That is a...
Michigan has 883 operating wind turbines. There's been a big push for wind farms since 2008. That was when lawmakers decided a certain amount of our electricity must come from renewable resources, and utilities built wind turbines to comply. The cost...
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...
Today, the state of Michigan announced a settlement with Enbridge Energy over the largest inland oil spill in American history. The state's $75 million consent judgment with Enbridge won't be coming as a huge cash payment. Most of the money has alrea...
Tom Brady and Deflategate The Wells Report, commissioned by the National Football League on the New England Patriots' Deflategate controversy, says Tom Brady was generally aware of the inappropriate activities ... and the release of air from Patriots...
Amos Ziegler has developed a smartphone app that could make it a lot tougher for invasive plants and critters to sneak into our state and get a foothold before they're detected. The MISIN app is one component of the Midwest Invasive Species Informati...
Lessenberry explains LGBT issues and no-fault car insurance headlines This Week in Michigan Politics, Jack Lessenberry breaks down what happened during the U.S. Supreme Court's hearing over gay marriage bans in Michigan and other states, why the stat...
Nearly 20 years ago, in the midst of a deep budget crunch, the state decided to close the Capitol to visitors on the weekends. But now, as of June 6, you'll be able to again visit the state Capitol on Saturdays. John Truscott sits on the commission t...