Sarah Cwiek

Rides to Care offers free rides to medical appointments for pregnant Detroiters, and up to a year post-partum. Caretakers of children under a year old are also eligible.

More than 2,800 Michigan residents died of drug overdose deaths in 2023, according to state data.

The state launched the MiFamily Together program in 25 counties at the start of October.

Mayors from Michigan and Ohio were in Detroit as part of a nationwide tour organized by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to draw attention to a lack of affordable housing.

The SOS Maternity program looks to tackle maternal and infant mortality from multiple angles, both medical and structural.

Lavone Hill was convicted of killing two people following a Detroit dice game in 2001. His conviction was based on the testimony of one man, who recanted it in court.

For too long, the quality of legal representation for families involved in child protective services cases has depended on where they live in Michigan, according to a state task force report that lays out how the state should begin to remedy that.

Stefanie Lambert faces criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to gain access to ballot tabulators on behalf of former President Donald Trump. Lambert and others were trying to prove Trump’s false claims that he won Michigan in 2020, and only lost due to faulty or fraudulent voting equipment.

While most of the debate about the potential Nippon Steel takeover has focused on national security concerns tied to a foreign-owned company taking control of major American industrial assets, environmental groups argue there are also climate and public health concerns stemming from what they called “Nippon’s fixation on coal-dependence.”

While the ordinance would apply to any health care facility in the city, supporters say it’s most needed at clinics providing abortion services. Abortion rights opponents call it a violation of their First Amendment rights.