A tragic day for Detroit’s Jewish community. The Downtown Synagogue just finished a major renovation project with Samantha Woll as its board president. Baruch dayan ha'emet.

It’s been a wild ride since I’ve joined the university “Allegations against MSU board chair Rema Vassar prompts internal review” wkar.org/wkar-news/2023…

MSU board Chair Rema Vassar says she will not resign if the university finds evidence of her misconduct. “There have been several examples of folks who have engaged in really unlawful behavior that have not been asked to resign from any board.” wkar.org/wkar-news/2023…

When did DWB become “militant?”

sometimes the internet makes something perfect

Michigan State University trustees held their first meeting Friday since launching an ethics investigation into the board. The group attracted dozens of frustrated students, faculty and community members who voiced their discontent with the board. wkar.org/2023-10-27/msu…

At the capitol covering a protest for the passing of drivers licenses for undocumented people and capitol officer shoved me and kicked me out of Senator Majority Leaders Winnie Brinks s office. I repeatedly told them I was the media and was there to document the protest.

Hundreds of pro-Israel demonstrators from Michigan missed the #MarchForIsrael after they were left stranded on a Washington, D.C. tarmac. Passengers from the chartered flight report a deliberate walk-out by their transportation to prevent them from gathering on the National Mall.

“Jenn’s Terrific Vacation” by Danny Brown is basically a critique of New Detroit

ICYMI: Decisions made in secret. Getaway conferences sponsored by industry trade groups. A revolving door between MI regulators and the industry. Are high electricity rates and long outages really all about a lack of tree trimming? freep.com/story/news/pol…

A lawsuit seeking documents from Michigan State University over its handling of sex abuse by former sports doctor Larry Nassar claims university officials signed “deceitful, manipulative, and false” affidavits related to their disclosure decisions. wkar.org/wkar-news/2023…

The moment survivors of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse and their moms heard the Michigan State University board unanimously agreed to review and release 6000 documents the school has for six years withheld from the state attorney general’s investigation into his abuse

While the rest of the state heads to the polls on Feb. 27, the Michigan Strategic Fund is voting on some interesting resolutions.

The national framing of Michigan’s “uncommitted” vote as solely an Arab/Muslim American issue conveniently glosses over the multicultural makeup of local ceasefire campaigns in the state.

Why does the NYT have a live forecast for the Republican election results but not the Democratic ones?

Sad news for Michigan public media. radio.wcmu.org/local-regional…

Humans may be the reason why bird flu is spreading among Michigan cattle and poultry, according to state agriculture regulators. [shoutout to my incredible editor Eli Newman ] wkar.org/wkar-news/2024…