First year update: Oakland County mass transit
Oakland County voters in November 2022 approved the Oakland County Public Transportation millage, a 10-year, .95 mill tax dedicated…
Oct 24, 2023
PFAS threats to health in all aspects of daily life
Kathy Wusterbath remembers the summers of her childhood and teen years swimming and working as a lifeguard on the shores of Van Etten Lake…
Sep 26, 2023
Danger above: Threat of toxic lead in aviation gas
By Stacy Gittleman The United States banned leaded gasoline beginning with cars made in 1975. During this time, the nascent Environmental...
Aug 29, 2023
Pharmaceuticals in our water an emerging concern
We live in a time of accelerated advancements in medicine. Thankfully, new drugs are coming on the market all the time to manage once…
Jul 25, 2023
Stopping diversion of Great Lakes Basin waters
Standing on the shores of Lake Michigan, where water flows into the horizon and the shores of Canada are far out of sight, one can get the…
Jun 27, 2023
Taming Woodward: Reenvisioning a thoroughfare
When a Detroit News photo archive essay in 2018 chronicled the history of Woodward Avenue, there is a telling photo from 1911.
May 30, 2023
What are local schools doing for student safety?
Nashville. Oxford. Michigan State University. Uvalde. Parkland. Newtown. Columbine. The list is long, as are our memories, of youths who…
Apr 25, 2023
Bottle return law may be expanded in Michigan
When Michigan’s bottle return bill was fully enacted in 1978, the world had just seen the birth of the first “test tube” baby…
Apr 25, 2023
In the crosshairs: The gangs of Oakland County
On the afternoon of March 18, 2022, seven-year-old Ariah Jackson of Pontiac had just been picked up from a school bus stop by her mother…
Mar 28, 2023
Are local departments prepared for train mishaps?
Railroad transportation has been a common and efficient way to transport passengers and cargo for a couple of hundred years.
Mar 28, 2023
