By failing – time and time again – to put the people of Michigan ahead of campaign donations and corporate interests, legislators further abdicate any claim to the notion that we truly operate in the people’s best interests.

With classrooms shuttered across Detroit earlier this school year, leaders at Detroit Leadership Academy, a Brightmoor-area charter school, told neighborhood leaders that many students didn’t have a space where they could focus.

The Parade Co. has bought the historic Brodhead Armory on the riverfront. How much of the WPA-era murals can be saved remains unclear.

How we develop land in Michigan now will have a huge impact on flooding in the future.

Michigan communities got millions for elections last year from a nonprofit connected to Facebook’s founder. Is the money long overdue or a dangerous precedent?

Consumers Energy customers will pay more for electricity during peak daytime weekday hours, as part of a program to try to reduce demand.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s economic plan would also direct money to help parents offset childcare expenses and enable businesses to cover operational costs. She must negotiate the plan with a GOP-majority legislature.

The state stands by its total of nursing home deaths, but acknowledges some other types of senior facilities haven’t reported all deaths. ‘We shouldn’t be guessing,’ one lawmaker says.

Just in time for summer, a look at development along one of Detroit’s most popular destinations, the downtown riverfront.