Is Michigan’s Cannabis Industry About to Go Up in Smoke?
When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the Pot for Potholes initiative — a high tax on marijuana sold or transferred to a retail shop that...
7 Key Takeaways from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Final State of the State Address
In a sometimes emotional and self-congratulatory address to the Legislature, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered a nostalgic but conciliatory final State of the State in...
Pete Buttigieg Talks the Future of Mobility at the Detroit Auto Show
Pete Buttigieg, former Secretary of Transportation under President Joe Biden, spoke to a group of media and automotive industry professionals at the opening day...
Burning Questions for 2026
This time next year Michiganders will have a new governor and U.S. senator. It’s not hyperbole, then, to suggest that we’re heading into one...
Mike Duggan: Looking Back at His 12-Year Tenure as Detroit’s Mayor & Looking Forward...
On a blistering late June afternoon, with a Sahara-like breeze sweeping through the small white tent erected on a tarmac at Coleman A. Young...
Mary Sheffield Wins, Becomes First Woman Elected Mayor of Detroit
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield defeated Rev. Solomon Kinloch and has made history as the first woman elected Mayor of Detroit.Sheffield was projected...
Debbie Stabenow is Moving On
Giving up power in Washington is a hot topic these days. The 2024 presidential election was originally shaped by 81-year-old Joe Biden insisting on...
Mike Duggan Is Running for Governor of Michigan as an Independent
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced he is running for Governor of Michigan in the 2026 election — not as a Democrat — but as...
Duggan Will Not Seek Fourth Term as Mayor
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will not be seeking a fourth term as mayor next year, he announced during a conference at the Erma L....
Stabenow, Stevens Back Harris if Biden Drops Out
Should President Joe Biden bow to intensifying pressure to drop his re-election bid, Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Rep. Haley Stevens both said Thursday they...
The First Woman of Warren
During the 2023 election, residents of Warren had a mayoral ballot they hadn’t seen in a while. It was one without the name James...
Kyra Harris Bolden Discusses Her First Year on Michigan’s Supreme Court
On an early morning in January, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden is doing a Zoom interview with Hour Detroit from her home...
Gov. Whitmer Signs Commonsense Gun Violence Prevention Bills
On Thursday morning, after work with Michigan Legislature, community groups, law enforcement, students and parents, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation she proposed at her...
Bridget Brink on Being the American Ambassador to Ukraine
Death had not been part of the plan.As the 20th century was drawing to a close, Bridget Brink, then a young and freshly trained...
Interview: Senator Mallory McMorrow
In November, Senator Mallory McMorrow won her reelection in a landslide. Democrats won enough seats for the state House and Senate that both chambers...
This Local Judge is Taking Up the Torch
Sitting in her former chambers in Flint, Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis recalls growing up and learning about Thurgood Marshall winning the Brown v. Board...
Title IX 50 Years Later
In June 1972, I’d completed my junior year at Pershing High School in Detroit, heading toward senior status. Even though I’d played competitive golf...
Michigan’s 2022 Election Results
On Nov. 8, 2022, of Michiganders exercised their civic duty at the polls, and 24 hours later, the projected results of Michigan’s 2022 election...
The Wild, Weird Political Misadventures of James Craig
On a damp Wednesday in mid-August, former Detroit Police Chief James Craig waits for me
alone at a large window table in the back of...
Kyra Harris Bolden Talks Michigan’s Supreme Court Race and Motherhood on the Campaign Trail
When State Representative Kyra Harris Bolden, a candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court, is not out making history on the campaign trail, she is...
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