China is America's biggest soybean customer, to the tune of $14 billion last year. Michigan is a major soybean producer, which means farmers in the state are on the front line of this brewing trade war. Kathy Maurer with the Michigan Soybean Promotio...
Now that the state has approved a permit for Nestle to remove more water from its Osceola County well, opposition is growing. Among the critics: Macomb County Public Works Commissioner and former Republican congresswoman Candice Miller. Miller joined...
The Michigan basketball team beat Loyola last weekend and made it to the NCAA finals. That was a minor miracle in itself. The team had almost no stars with maybe one future NBA draft pick. They started slowly, with very weak defense, playing one of t...
President Donald Trump's relationship with Detroit's auto industry is complicated. Look at the past week. On Monday, Trump's Environmental Protection Agency said that it would consider easing Obama-era fuel economy standards. For an industry selling...
President Donald Trump's relationship with Detroit's auto industry is complicated. Look at the past week. On Monday, Trump's Environmental Protection Agency said that it would consider easing Obama-era fuel economy standards. For an industry selling...
As designated word nerds, we here at That's What They Say whole-heartedly admit that sometimes we do things in our spare time that are a bit, well, geeky. But also pretty fascinating. For instance, English Professor Anne Curzan has been been working...
When you think about greenhouse gasses that are driving our warming climate, maybe you think about power plants or your car. But lakes can release greenhouse gasses, too, and the amount of nutrients that get into lakes from farms and cities matters....
I had an intensely painful lunch earlier this week with a woman who is a mid-level executive of one of the auto companies. She used to be concerned about the future of the auto industry. She is also deeply religious, and is appalled by what was going...
Daniel Howes, Detroit News business columnist, joined Stateside today to talk about what he's calling the Great Auto Disconnect. That is to say: the discrepancy between how many electric vehicles are being made, and how many are staying on showroom f...
This week, Michigan State University's interim president John Engler announced the school was returning to mediation with victims of Larry Nassar, saying The university remains committed to reaching a fair settlement with all the survivors. But at th...
