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Cuts in state and federal funding has contributed to Michigan's drinking water problems. It's a long-simmering problem that won't be solved by an influx of one-time federal dollars.
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Today on Stateside, General Motors is suing rival automaker Fiat Chrysler. We’ll hear about how corruption charges against the UAW and Fiat Chrysler are…
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The city of Kalamazoo just picked up a $500 million windfall.This week, Kalamazoo city commissioners approved a public-private partnership called the…
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Michigan cities and towns are hurting for cash. Many have had to cut services like street and sidewalk repair. Some have had to reduce the size of their…
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What really caused the Flint water crisis?The obvious and well-known answer is the April 2014 decision to start drawing the city's drinking water from the…
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Local governments around the state have been trying to figure out how to keep things going on a tighter budget. They’re not bringing in as much money as…
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Former Michigan Teasurer Robert Kleine added another layer to the debate about what caused the Flint water crisis. Decisions made by Flint’s emergency…
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Detroit's municipal bankruptcy has made the world aware of what Michigan already knew. Detroit is broke. No matter how it turns out, bankruptcy is not…
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Flint’s mayor says his and other Michigan cities need more revenue sharing dollars from the state.Mayor Dayne Walling delivered Flint’s “State of the…
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Local governments bore steep cuts in state revenue-sharing payments in the 2000s as sales tax collections lagged and lawmakers…