public opinion

On today's show, why it's getting so hard to recruit candidates for local school boards. Plus, a Detroit organization's plan for making public meetings and information more accessible. Then, an update on House Representative Lee Chatfield's most recent legal troubles, and the grand opening of an impressive new suspension bridge in northern Michigan.

The biggest inland oil spill in U.S. history happened right here in Michigan. Now that five years have passed, we checked in with people who were affected…

New posters in downtown Ann Arbor businesses will ask visitors to stop giving money to panhandlers. The effort by the mayor's office and businesses asks…

The number of Americans who believe in global warming is once again on the rise, moving from 58 percent in 2010 to 62 percent last year.That's according…

Residents in Manistee and Benzie counties are receiving surveys in the mail this week. The survey will ask questions about wind energy.Christie Manning is…

For the past decade, researchers have been studying what Americans believe about climate change.For several years, more and more of the public has agreed…