On this edition of Stateside, an expected spike in water rates for Metro Detroit residents. Then, the obstacles children in foster care face when getting educational records. Lastly, an explanation on the recent decline in consumer confidence.

First, how to better connect the Ann Arbor-Detroit innovation corridor. Then, the history and importance of a longtime Grand Rapids tradition. Later, the sounds of hip-hop fused with classical music. Plus, the future of corporate DEI programs.

In this edition of Stateside, we discuss the newly elected leaders from both the Democratic and Republican state parties. We also feature an introduction to a storyteller from Detroit. Additionally, we explore how Michigan’s Arab and Muslim American communities are responding to the Trump Administration. Lastly, we highlight a sauna festival taking place in Traverse City.

The mix of a low-vaccination season with the worst flu season in years. Then, how Michigan ignored and subverted federal law. Plus, the case of missing chicken wings.

First, the necessary function of comment time in public meetings, and how some cities get it wrong. Also singer Isis Damil sets the tone with her own genre-defying style that is uniquely Detroit. Plus the dean of MSU’s veterinary college talks about the bird flu epidemic, what it means for farming – and your pet’s health.

A conversation about how Donald Trump’s first-term trade war set the stage for the present dispute over manufacturing tariffs.

Detroit Free Press columnist Khalil AlHajal takes a deep look at DTE bills, analyzing our expenses as the utility asks for more rate hikes.

A conversation about the arguments against renewable energy projects that are taking place in rural Michigan.

A new cook book puts Michigan's bountiful fruit harvest to work.

MSU football's 1965 and '66 teams were the first in the country to fully integrate. They were also among the first to recruit Black players from the south. On the heels of those team's induction to MSU's Athletics Hall of Fame, the "Teams of the Century" documentary heard from players, coaches, and students from those pivotal years of MSU football to learn how their stories built an enduring legacy.