The American Lung Association published its annual ‘State of the Air” report this month, which found the Grand Rapids/Muskegon region to have the worst air quality in the state.
The financial wellbeing of U.S. households in the pre- and post-pandemic stages. The independent autopsy of Patrick Lyoya, who was shot and killed by a police officer. Grand Rapids' NAACP branch weighs in on Lyoya's death. A Grand Rapids city official talks police oversight and accountability.
A reporter discusses the latest news in the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya, and two members of the Greater Grand Rapids NAACP speak about the police reforms that Black Grand Rapids residents have been waiting on for years.
The percentage of Black residents fell in the past 10 years, driven out by rising rents and home values. Now, the city is redoubling affordable housing efforts.