Category Archives: Michigan News
Lawsuits Filed Against DMC Hospital In Connection with Nurse Accused of Sexually Assaulting Patients
DETROIT ~ New lawsuits have been filed against Detroit Medical Center's Sinai-Grace Hospital, claiming that the hospital systematically failed to protect patients from a predatory nurse. Wilfredo Figu...
Nov 05, 2025 Photo: Sarahbeth Maney ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Michigan Lawmakers Look to Move Away from Michigan Economic Development Corporation
LANSING ~ The Michigan GOP in the State Senate is looking to end job incentive programs run by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). The concern is that the agency is contributing to u...
Nov 05, 2025 Photo: Nick King ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Mary Sheffield Makes History as Detroit's First Female Mayor
DETROIT ~ Mary Sheffield was elected Tuesday as Detroit's first female mayor, a milestone in the city's 324-year history. The city council president defeated Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. with 77% of the v...
Nov 05, 2025 Photo: Curtis Paul ~ WJR
Waymo Bringing Self-Driving Cars to Detroit
DETROIT, MI ~ Detroit will be the first city in the Midwest to service Waymo, a self-driving vehicle company. According to the company, Waymo will start ramping up tests with drivers throughout the Mo...
Nov 04, 2025 A Waymo self-driving taxi cruises up Pine Street in San Francisco this summer.
Photo: Paul Edward Parker ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
It's Election Day Across Metro Detroit
METRO DETROIT ~ Voters of metro Detroit will vote for who will lead their cities on Tuesday in a round of local elections. Detroit residents will decide who will be on the city council, along with the...
Nov 04, 2025
Potential Dearborn Terrorist Attack Inspired by ISIS, According to U.S. AG
DEARBORN, MI ~ Two Dearborn men were charged with receiving and transferring firearms and ammunition to commit terrorism after the FBI completed a raid on Halloween for an attack that was planned for ...
Nov 04, 2025 FBI Director Kash Patel testifies in front of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on Sept.17, 2025.
Photot: Jack Gruber ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Three Metro Detroit Health Insurers Dropping Individual Plans Amid Soaring Premiums
DETROIT ~ Late last week, Health Alliance Plan, Molina Healthcare, and Meridian Health Plan announced that they would drop individual coverage for 200,000 Michiganders as insurance premium prices rise...
Nov 03, 2025 Photo: Mandi Wright ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Supply Food Stamps in Government Shutdown
DETROIT, MI ~ The government shutdown has been in effect since Oct. 1, and more benefits are set to be lost as a deal remains to be made. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, was se...
Oct 31, 2025 Michigan National Guard PFC Zachary Lucian tapes emergency food boxes shut at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Hunger Solution Center in Flint on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The National Guard members are helping at several of the Food Bank Council of Michigan's seven regional food banks to cover fewer volunteers due to the stay-at-home executive order. The boxes, that feed 2-4 people, are to be distributed to 22 counties for drive-thru pickup.
Photo: Ryan Garza ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
FBI Makes Multiple Arrests in "Potential Terrorist Attack" Set for Halloween Weekend
DETROIT, MI ~ FBI Director Kash Patel announced on X Friday morning that the FBI foiled a potential terrorist attack that was set to hit Michigan for Halloween weekend. Multiple arrests have been made...
Oct 31, 2025 Sep 17, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; FBI Director Kash Patel testifies in front of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on Sept.17, 2025. Photo Credit: Jack Gruber ~ USA TODAY via Imagn Images
Proposed Bill Would Inform Michigan Parents About the Risks of Weed, Tobacco and Vaping
LANSING ~ A Michigan lawmaker wants to provide materials to parents of students to inform them of the risks of vaping, cannabis, and tobacco use. State Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) introduced the ...
Oct 30, 2025 Photo: Nick King ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
SPOTLIGHT PODCAST
Dec. 10, 2025 ~ Matthew Schneider, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, joins “‘JR Morning” to discuss a federal judge granting a motion to unseal the records of the grand jury investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Dec. 10, 2025 ~ Matt Friedman, co-founder of Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications joins Kevin Dietz to discuss Netflix vs. Paramount and what it means for the movie industry.
Dec. 10, 2025 ~ Craig Mauger, state politics reporter at The Detroit News, joins Chris Renwick, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds to discuss the Michigan Senate approving a bill that would more than double the amount of tax withholding that state officials can allow developers to keep for projects.
