John Hiner

2 weeks ago | mlive.com | John Hiner

Two weekends ago, some unscheduled programming butted into an NCAA basketball tournament game for Michigan State University – a prolonged, severe weather storm that swept across the state. Twelve tornadoes broke out and four people died. While the television broadcast ran crawlers over the game warning of severe weather, MLive chief meteorologist Mark Torregrossa broadcasted updates for two hours straight, giving people information that helped keep them safe.

4 weeks ago | mlive.com | John Hiner

If you tell me you have a favorite this or that, I’ll say “hmmm” and listen for details why it’s so. If you tell me something is “The Greatest,” you may be in for an argument. That’s the case with news this week that Time magazine has picked one spot in Michigan for its “World’s Greatest Places” list. I can’t say it’s not a fantastic place, because I’ve never been there. In fact, I’ve never heard of it – Little Village in Detroit’s East Village neighborhood.

1 month ago | mlive.com | John Hiner

This is the column I’ve written the most frequently in my career – and one I wish I’d never have to write again. But here we are – Michigan’s government transparency law is lousy; the solutions are obvious; and your elected officials aren’t rushing to change the status quo. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

1 month ago | mlive.com | John Hiner

Rose White needed to talk to Guillermina Lopez for an investigative news story. The problem was, Lopez lived thousands of miles away, in a small town in Mexico, and spoke Spanish. Thus begins the tale of the measures MLive reporters will take to make sure you get the best story and, in this instance, the one with where the humanity was buried in a thicket of bureaucracy. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

1 month ago | mlive.com | John Hiner

Two court filings have been largely overlooked in the flurry of lawsuits, injunctions and appeals that have spawned from the Trump Administration’s aggressive agenda of remaking American government and policy. On the surface the suits, filed by the Associated Press against the administration, are about restoring access to White House news briefings and presidential appearances.