No heat in 21 buildings on Oakland University's campus in metro Detroit. means staff and faculty are scrambling with where to teach, how to handle finals, what to do about dorms and how to still offer theater and basketball games. Close to 16K students attend OU. www.freep.com/story/news/e...

So many feelings about this Yak feature, most of all that in the early 1990s, the Freep had the forethought to know that targeting young readers/hooking them early was vital for the future of citizenship. That's needed more than ever today. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

As Michigan lawmakers weigh future tax exemptions to support development, they can't turn to any state analysis of their effectiveness: While state law required reviews, they either were never done or done so long ago records were destroyed, the Free Press found. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Read this story and thought... you never truly know what's happening at a zoo. Fascinating read on how large carnivore breeding at Michigan zoos needed lawmakers help, asap. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

A Free Press investigation found expenditures from the Prisoner Benefit Funds include $4,500 to repair prison carts, $858 for steel to build a freezer cage and $86,500 for a roofing job. Meanwhile, prisoners claim in lawsuits the MDOC won't provide basic necessities. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

If AI hasn't come up at work, on the playground, at your doc's office or one spot in your life, it will soon. The Detroit Free Press wants to know what you want to see reported on when it comes to AI. Take a quick survey with my great thanks! (Anonymous allowed.) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy Election Day in Michigan, all! Here's what you need to know all day long and what the Freep will be bringing you after the polls close tonight. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Restaurants, an industry that was underwater a few years ago during the height of the pandemic, are now the ones stepping up to make sure Michigan residents who need food, have food as the federal shutdown threatens to cut off SNAP benefits for millions nationwide. www.freep.com/story/entert...

Michigan Dems propose using state funds to temporarily pay for SNAP benefits for residents. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Another inmate jumped from an upper level at Parnall Correctional Facility near Jackson, Mich. on Oct. 22, three weeks after the state Legislature axed $15 million the Senate approved to improve the safety of upper railings at Parnall and two other Michigan prisons. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is pausing food assistance benefits in November until further notice. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

A video of Michigan prison officers in riot gear confronting a caged and handcuffed inmate and twice spraying him with chemical agents has become a central issue in a federal court lawsuit. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Michigan's first chief growth officer, appointed in 2023 by Gov. Whitmer to help reverse the state's sluggish population growth, has left her post in government to start a new initiative she says will be the first statewide organization focused on population growth. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

A Michigan man has paid over $1,000 a month since May for a car that he cannot drive and is suing Jeep's parent company, Stellantis, to get a solution. www.freep.com/story/money/...

How the good rises after tragedy: www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Michigan public schools to see per-pupil funding boost in latest budget: www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Marijuana tax set to rise in Michigan: www.freep.com/story/news/p...

At least two people are dead, including the gunman, and nine others are being treated at local hospitals following a mass shooting and fire at a Grand Blanc church on Sunday morning, Sept. 28. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

How fast can state and federal governments keep up to regulate/control/prevent AI pitfalls? Michigan's latest: www.freep.com/story/news/p...

I'm not a fangirl of either. Respect them and appreciate their work and stardom but can't say I listened/watched them avidly before 2024. But what I am a sucker for is a love story. Even when we only know what's on the surface, I'm here for it. www.freep.com/story/entert...

Gridlock has come to define Lansing, with a Legislature that hasn't sent many bipartisan policies Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's way. The logjam has GOP House Speaker Matt Hall pointing his finger at Democratic lawmakers who, in turn, have routinely blasted Hall as uncooperative.

The race for mayor of Detroit is down to two: www.freep.com/story/news/l...

How graffiti in Detroit spurred a public art renaissance in the city. Will that continue under a new mayor? www.freep.com/story/news/l...

A nuclear power plant that closed down in 2022 in Michigan is one step closer to reopening. Here's the latest on the Palisades, located along Lake Michigan. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Michigan taxpayers will shell out an extra $845,000 in rent over the next five years to move state employees into a Detroit building less than two blocks away from a state-owned office complex that is more than 40% vacant, a Detroit Free Press investigation found. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Michigan is paying off the medical bills/debt of thousands of residents under a program that negotiates debt with hospitals and pays it off. More than 150,000 people have already benefitted and will get letters this month saying so. It's not spam. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Four years ago, she won $3.3M in online betting on BetMGM. But BETMGM said not so fast, that was actually because of a glitch in our system. We can't give it to you. She sued. It went up to the Michigan Supreme Court, which ruled this week. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Trains sitting idle on tracks for the better part of an hour a problem where you live? In a popular city in metro Detroit, it's a big issue and complaints have risen as drivers sit and stew waiting for the train to move. Solutions? Not many. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Michigan State University Professor Josh Cowen, a critic of school vouchers, says he's entering the race for the 7th Congressional seat out of Michigan. Details in the story by Todd Spangler. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Throne users: How does the timer actually work? Like does the door really just open on people using the toilet after 10 minutes? So then what? (I'm thinking of people with colorectal cancers and colitis and other high-public-toilet need folks.) www.freep.com/story/news/l...

All the orange barrels on Michigan roads may have you thinking road funding is all fine and dandy in the state. Don't be fooled. A road funding plan has yet to be approved and the finger pointing has reached next level. Details in the story by Clara Hendrickson. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Anti-mass transit folks: There is no money for mass transit. It's not worth the cost. It's not financially feasible. Car sticker prices: Why, yes, this car will cost you $1,000 a month or close to it. Plus insurance. Plus gas and maintenance. www.freep.com/story/money/...

How you vote in Michigan could get an overhaul if supporters of ranked choice voting succeed in getting the issue before voters and passed. A few cities/states already use ranked choice voting nationwide. What you need to know. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

In the latest change to how you drive in metro Detroit, who has heard of ramp metering? It's traffic signals on on-ramps to get onto I-96 in Oakland County. Overall, it's a big change to what drivers are used to now. There's a video in the story showing it at work. www.freep.com/story/news/l...