IPR News Features

After months of debate over a set of new school standards, both chambers of the Michigan Legislature have approved plans to move forward with the Common…

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/TCAPSbond_WEB.mp3CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article stated that TCAPS was fined for violating Michigan…

By Rina Miller, Michigan RadioNearly 4,400 pedestrians and bicyclists were hit by vehicles in Michigan last year. 178 of those people died. Two proposals…

With the federal shutdown in its third week, the state is taking its first step toward laying off thousands of public employees.Michigan budget officials…

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/traffic.mp3People in and around Traverse City have been arguing for decades about traffic problems and how to fix them.…

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for extortion, racketeering, and other federal crimes.Detroit U.S.…

Governor Rick Snyder says he doesn't know who donates to his New Energy to Reinvest and Diversify (NERD) Fund. Among other things, the fund pays Detroit…

State Treasurer Andy Dillon will resign his position. In a statement released Friday, Dillon cites the media attention from a messy divorce as his primary…

Michigan apple growers are facing a dilemma. They're looking at a record crop of high quality fruit but not enough workers to pick it all in the next six…

Unions representing Detroit city workers and retirees got a chance to question Governor Rick Snyder under oath Tuesday about the city's historic…