gun control

A ban on guns at the University of Michigan will stand after the state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a man who said the policy violates the Constitution.

Today, a conversation about schools' role in implementing firearm safety laws in Michigan. Then, how stress and loneliness affect new parents. And, remembering actor James Earl Jones—and the impact he left on his hometown in Northern Michigan.

The justices ruled in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders in domestic violence cases.

During this heatwave, how do we protect ourselves and loved ones? Also, a new exhibit exploring the interconnected history of African American culture and quilting. Plus, Karen McDonald talks about her work in preventing gun violence and the aftermath of the recent Rochester Hill's shooting.

The new monitoring system keeping Detroiters and others in Wayne County aware of what’s in the air. Also, a new security system at Eastern Michigan University looks to AI to identify gun incidents on campus. And learning to sit quietly in your own skin - with nothing on. What two Michiganders learned taking on a side job posing for life drawing classes.

A bill package that would require Michigan schools to provide parents with safe firearm storage information made it out of a state House committee Tuesday.

A rule issued Thursday by the White House expands required background checks for many gun purchases. It largely mirrors a Michigan law already in place.

The first charges filed under Michigan's new safe firearm storage laws, how cultural changes can reduce deaths by guns, and remembering Battle Creek's civil rights era.

A catch-up on automotive no-fault insurance reform bills and other legislative news, a speculative fiction novel imagining a world where the French never ceded Detroit, and a conversation with the Detroit-based painter, educator, activist who has recently won the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist Award.

Extreme risk protection orders, background checks for all firearm purchases, and a requirement that Michigan gun owners securely lock away their firearms all take effect this week.