Douglas Marshall, a Warren resident, set up a ‘reason’ station in Warren’s city hall in 2014 in opposition to a prayer station. The city initially opposed Marshall’s plan to educate people about atheism, claiming atheism wasn’t a real religion. Now, nearly a decade later, the station is still operating and is open for the first time since the pandemic.

Michigan now has more options for mobility-impaired people to access beaches and trails than any other state, after a yearslong effort to make parks more accessible.

Michigan’s population grew by nearly 4,000 people in 2023, the first increase since 2018. The state remains 10th most populated in the nation.

Michigan gas prices are the lowest they have been all year. Drivers are paying an average of $2.96 per gallon for regular gas.

Banning ‘pit bulls’ is an oversimplified answer to a complicated problem. Poverty and social ills contribute to dog problems just as they do to human problems. Detroit needs adequately funded and better managed animal control services.

Former Michigan U.S. Rep. Fred Upton wants a bipartisan ‘unity ticket’ to take on Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who he opposes. But his No Labels group doesn’t have a candidate and is facing criticism from Democrats.

Statewide, 13.3 percent of residents are impoverished. In Lake, Mecosta and Wayne counties, the rate is 20 percent or more.

The Israel-Gaza war is splitting Democrats and progressives, and led to a fracas last weekend at an event for U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar that sent one party activist to the hospital.

Michigan pays farmers millions of dollars a year in hopes they will voluntarily reduce manure and fertilizer runoff. Farmers don’t need more education. They need laws that finally hold them accountable.