A fascinating insight into our ridiculous consumption habits. Worth reading ahead of the holidays www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

In national news, the Trump administration is set to approve a pesticide known as TFA, a known PFAS. The EPA plans to narrow the largest federal data collection on PFAS, and manufacturing groups reported to the DOJ and NEC on how state chemical laws are "harming" the economy.

"Just after Christmas, on his birthday, JJ found his mom draped over her bed, lifeless. An autopsy would later confirm what she had feared: Preeclampsia killed her at 20 weeks pregnant." www.propublica.org/article/texa..., @propublica.org

Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’, from @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

Love this. Detroit schools graduate returns home to revive the marching band at Cody High School. @detroitnews.com www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

🚢 The Edmund Fitzgerald went down 50 years ago in Lake Superior, but she isn't just an Up North story. The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Turkeys are terrorizing University of Michigan's north campus. Mechanical engineering students are developing AI-driven robot dogs to chase them away. "They come at you with the intent to peck... They will chase you off the sidewalk." 🦃🦃🦃 www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

The Edmund Fitzgerald became legend when she sank 50 years ago, but she was always an icon. 🚢 www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

A Michigan elected official is married to a neo-Nazi influencer. Some of her constituents have a problem with that. www.mlive.com/news/2025/10...

BREAKING: Food assistance to be delayed in Michigan amid federal shutdown www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Hear me out: maybe internet-enabled mattresses are a little much. www.detroitnews.com/story/tech/2...

The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.

In 2023, a Detroit child, DJ, died from an asthma attack. He grew up near industry. He died during a summer when wildfire smoke hung over Michigan. He and others affected by pollution are among those honored in the DIA's annual Dia de Muertos ofrendas exhibit. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

I enjoyed speaking with @carol-thompson.bsky.social for her story on Michigan's current drought. The impacts are real, especially for lake and river levels in central and southern Michigan.

The #Detroit Catholic church, whose mural of a Black Jesus Christ gained international acclaim and violent threats, is shutting down. The fate of the building and renowned mural are unknown. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

22-year-old made detailed plans for a mass shooting. Police stopped him just in time. www.mlive.com/news/2025/10...

reducing meat and dairy consumption will also improve water quality issues like algal blooms in the #GreatLakes: theconversation.com/how-your-die...

The “planetary health diet” could slow climate warming, protect biodiversity and extend lives. And (IMO) it's pretty moderate - one serving each of animal protein and dairy per day while limiting red meat to about once a week. www.detroitnews.com/story/tech/s...

Doctors had to wait to mourn the victims of the Grand Blanc church attack. More patients were coming. "I have told a lot of people, words cannot describe the feeling. We really shouldn’t have to go through this in any community." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Beth LeBlanc's years-long reporting on a 2022 legislative earmark won the inaugural SPJ Detroit A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism.

Oh no, I meant “Michiganians.” Don’t tell @chadlivengood.bsky.social.

Whitmer directs state officials to ensure Michiganders who want the COVID-19 vaccine can get it. “According to medical experts, vaccines remain the most effective way to stay healthy,” she said. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Spot the difference

Clean air is important for kids, especially kids with asthma or other breathing issues. That's why a Detroit nonprofit is installing air monitors and purifiers in Detroit daycares. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Porcha Woodruff, who was eight months pregnant, spent 10 hours in jail after she was arrested at her suburban Detroit home in February 2023.

"I think the facilities and the investment just hasn't caught up," Department of Natural Resources official says. Water taxi operator attests to that.

Small business owners in Michigan's largest Latino community say they are reeling amid President Donald Trump's aggressive mass deportation campaign. "Economically, it's been a disaster." @detroitnews.com www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

Electric vehicle sales surge as end of tax credits nears: @detroitnews.com www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

I would have assumed tomatoes ripen faster in hot weather, but no. www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...

The best chips www.detroitnews.com/story/life/f...

Families are scrambling to find child care after federal government pulled grant for Detroit Head Start program. @detroitnews.com www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

The Trump administration’s actions in the public health arena contradict its “Make America Healthy Again” language, writes Teresa Homsi, the deputy director of the Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action. planetdetroit.org/2025/08/trum...

After hearing reports a Michigan city cited a pregnant homeless woman for sleeping in a park after dark, I started to poke around. What I found were homeless folks and community activists saying crackdowns are making their lives, and jobs, harder. For @bridgemi.com: bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

"We may have different allegiances when it comes to cars, colleges and Coney dogs, but there's no question that Better Made makes Detroit's favorite potato chip." www.detroitnews.com/story/entert...

There's a rare prairie ecosystem in southern Wayne County. It's surrounded by development, homes and farms. Conservation groups are racing to save it. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Staffer warned against defying Michigan utilities, sources say. Now she'll regulate them. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Kirtland's warbler numbers declined in the latest census. The main problem? Logging practices. More here 👇 www.detroitnews.com/story/news/e...

Why Kirtland's warbler numbers are dropping in Michigan and how they can be saved www.detroitnews.com/story/news/e...

Jaw-dropping fact in this story: Mining a single bitcoin uses as much energy as the average U.S. household uses in 39 days.

This is an extraordinary interview. Please listen. www.npr.org/2025/07/21/n...

Will budget and staff cuts at NOAA put Great Lakes shipping at risk? The agency isn’t talking. @carol-thompson.bsky.social reports. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Navigating the Great Lakes without info from federally-funded buoy network is "sort of like squinting one eye and hoping you're doing a good job" www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Must read: www.mcall.com/2025/07/18/l...

A Michigan Natural Resources Commissioner was "frankly insulted" by Ted Nugent's comments to the state House in June. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Whooping cough cases jumped from 110 in 2023 to 2,000 in 2024. Experts urged parents at a roundtable Wednesday to keep their kids up to date on vaccinations.

EPA employees put names to ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump, via @apnews.com apnews.com/article/decl...

Plant experts question risk of 'agroterrorism' claim in Chinese lab tech case involving University of Michigan scholars www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...