After 12 years on the board of Wyandotte Public Schools, Cindy Kinney has resigned following public backlash over a "discriminatory and hurtful" Facebook comment comparing Muslims to animals.

A group of Michigan elected officials and leaders heard from community members who say state and local government needs to protect immigrant rights and safety.

There are a few different ways to be wonky, some of which are positive and some of which, not so much.

City of Flint leaders say state lawmakers need to act to contain future water rate increases. The bill package would, among other things, ensure that water bills for low-income households do not exceed 3% of that household’s income.

The price of a historic Michigan resource rides a roller coaster. Could it lead to a copper mining revival? Plus, how Detroit helped build the comics culture of today.

Commentator John U. Bacon joins Michigan Public's Doug Tribou to discuss Big Ten women's basketball, U.S. Olympic hockey glory, and a bright spot for the Detroit Tigers.

It will help if readers are familiar with slapstick movies from the early 1900s — Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Three Stooges, and the like. Specifically the classic bit with a guy carrying a long board on his shoulder and — as he navigates safely through a construction site — unknowingly and repeatedly clobbering people with the back end of the board.

In 2013, Senita Lenear became the first Black woman elected to the Grand Rapids City Commission. She joined Michigan Public to look back on her breakthrough career.

Bills to expand the sale of raw milk made it out of committee and to the full Michigan House of Representatives Thursday.

Michigan Democratic Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin sent U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a letter this week, demanding that she halt plans to make a Romulus commercial warehouse into an ICE detention center.

The Great Lakes Water Authority board approved an average 5.8% increase for water services, while raising sewer rates by just over 4% on average.

Detroit public school students are asking the district to recognize Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, as a holiday for Muslim students. Ramadan began on February 17 this year and lasts until March 19.