Stateside Daily Archive

The House recently passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, a massive $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill. Michigan is getting ready to spend a significant amount of cash. Today, we dig in...

9 Nov 202118min

The American Rescue Plan, passed by Congress earlier this year, turned the annual child tax credit into monthly cash payments for families with kids. As Congress debates whether to extend the policy, ...

8 Nov 202119min

Love ‘em. Hate ‘em. Either way zoos play a big role in nearly every city. And that’s especially true in Detroit. Dr. Hayley Murphy is the new director of the Detroit Zoo. And she's also the first wom...

5 Nov 202119min

Last week, Facebook announced it was changing its name to Meta, and Mark Zuckerberg talked about the rebrand in terms of the metaverse and the future of the internet. But what exactly is the metaverse...

4 Nov 202119min

Three cities in southeast Michigan elected young Arab American men serve as mayor: Hamtramck, Dearborn Heights, and Dearborn. The latter, home to one of the largest Arab American populations in the c...

3 Nov 202119min

So many kids and families have been desperate to restore a sense of normalcy. Getting back to face to face learning has been a huge relief, even if fraught with complications. Many school districts ar...

2 Nov 202121min

State officials last week stripped Adams Township clerk Stephanie Scott of her of authority to run elections. The story behind why they did that reflects a broad shift in how national politics are pla...

1 Nov 202118min

Since the Lewis College of Business closed in 2013, there hasn’t been a single historically Black college or university in the whole of Michigan. That is until now. Shoe designer and entrepreneur, D’W...

29 Okt 202118min