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The campaign to cap payday lending rates has filed a legal challenge to a decision by state election officials to toss out petitions because of an alleged technical violation. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The start of 2025 is being “Built for Zero.” A 100-day local challenge to end homelessness among veterans will conclude at the end of January. The goal is to transform systems to reach a functional end to veteran homelessness. We look at how that transformation is being put together and implemented in the effort to get the homeless veterans’ numbers down to zero. WEMU’s David Fair checked in with Washtenaw Housing Alliance executive director Amanda Carlisle to find out how much progress is being made.

When you sip tea, slurp noodles or sample hors d'oeuvres from a piece of hand-thrown pottery, there's a good chance you're experiencing the reach of American potter Warren MacKenzie. We visit the artist in his studio.

Doctors are gradually bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel out of a medically induced coma following the massive stroke he suffered last Wednesday. Doctors report Sharon is able to move his right hand and right leg, but they say it is still too early to assess damage to his brain.

Some towns in rural Maine are ceasing to exist as independent entities, instead putting local decisions in the hands of distant state bureaucrats. They are giving up a tradition of pure democracy.

The pianist builds R&B with old-school values: singers who don't need software, live improvising, hand-built beats.

When Ann Arbor City Council next meets, it is expected to pass an ordinance that will require home sellers to acquire an energy score report from a qualified assessor before listing the property for sale. Tom Renkert is Chief Executive Officer of the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors, and while the organization fully supports the city's A2Zero carbon neutrality goals, it doesn't believe this ordinance should be a part of the plan. He joined WEMU’s David Fair to explain why.

Many of White's books chronicled his own experiences as a gay man, making an indelible impression on gay culture and how LGBTQ experiences were understood more broadly at the dawning of the AIDS health crisis.

Japan's COVID-19 death rate places the country among nations with a more successful coronavirus response. But many Japanese seem to be dissatisfied with their government's handling of the outbreak.

The ukulele has many thousands of fans the world over, but the small four-stringed instrument has been the butt of countless jokes and insults. A new documentary, The Mighty Uke: The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog, demonstrates that the once-maligned instrument is back on the rise.