Latest Michigan News
RSS-
Just Desserts Experiment with smore ideas
Clockwise from top left: Double Chocolate Grasshopper S'more, Toasted Mocha S'more, Sesame Caramel S'more, Salted Oatmeal S'more. / Matthew Mead/Associated ...
-
Feedback Education Achievement Authoritys critics rely on falsehoods
If you want to know why so many Detroit schools have been allowed to fail for so long, look no further than the heated efforts by some politicians and their allies to kill the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan (EAA) an innovative new approach to education in Detroit that is showing promising results.The most dishonest part about their campaign is their use of misrepresentation and, in ...
-
Feedback Elected officials havent earned a pay raise
I think any official in any organization should take the high road and say that until the state economy turns around we will not take more when so many are getting little or nothing.Mark Andreottivia Facebook commentsThey ...
More Michigan News
RSS-
Read this Is your city struggling Well blame the state too analyst says in Bridge Magazine
At Bridge Magazine, a content partner of A Better Michigan, former House of Representatives fiscal analyst Mitch Bean says many local woes are attributable to state policy. Among his accusations: â– The state has reduced revenue sharing by more than $4.4 billion since 1998, and only fully funded the program in one year, 2001. â– The state continues to limit ...
-
In Detroit mayoral race if you cant beat em eliminate em Nancy Kaffer
Multiple-time Detroit mayoral candidate Tom Barrow tried to get rival Mike Duggan off the ...
-
Emergency manager to decide on Detroit bankruptcy within six weeks
Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr has set a six-week deadline--until the end of the current fiscal year--to decide whether to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Detroit would be the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy.Orr is using the threat of imminent bankruptcy--much like the Democrats and Republicans used the manufactured "fiscal cliff"--to force through sweeping ...
-
Troy voters keep moderate in office after recall of Janice Daniels
Dane Slater basks in the noise of his crowded victory party after being elected mayor of Troy in a special election today. / Bill Laitner/Detroit Free ...
-
See how much your Michigan hometown grew or shrank in 2012
Two out of three Michigan communities experienced population declines from 2011 to 2012, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Statewide, total population increased by a marginal 0.07% - 6,559 people - during the same time period. • ...
-
Ford to end auto production in Australia in 2016
Rain falls on a car at a Ford dealership in Sydney on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Ford Motor Co. said it was closing its two Australian auto plants and ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales. (AP Photo/Rick ...
-
Court for man accused in girlfriends window fall
ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP — A judge has set a $765,000 bond for a suburban Detroit man ...
-
Farrakhan Kilpatricks sins would have been forgiven in white politicians
Speaking in a Detroit church Friday night, Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam said that he plans to visit former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in prison Saturday as he tried to portray him as a victim of white ...
-
U-M doctors use 3D printer to create airway implant for baby
University of Michigan researchers have used a 3D printer to create a custom-made, life-saving implant for a baby boy, they reported today in a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine.The baby, Kaiba Gionfriddo, had a rare disorder in which one of the airways in his lungs collapsed when he exhaled. The problem caused him to stop breathing and turn blue when he was 6 weeks old. Even with a ...
-
Gary Peters urges probe of Detroit oil waste storage
Michigan U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has taken to the House floor to criticize the storage of piles of an oil-refining byproduct known as petroleum coke along the Detroit ...
-
Deflecting Pressure Jimmy Howard Gives Red Wings a Boost
DETROIT ...
-
Jewish group Detroit leaders abet Farrakhan bias
DETROIT (AP) -- A national Jewish civil rights group has criticized National of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for making anti-Semitic statements at a Detroit church appearance and is calling on a congressman and other leaders in attendance to condemn the ...
-
Detroit mayoral candidates push to have competitors tossed from ballot
Labor activist Robert Davis urged the state's top elections official to step in on a controversy over whether Mike Duggan was a Detroit resident long enough when he filed to become an official candidate. / Patricia Beck/Detroit Free ...
-
Catholic archdiocese appoints new superintendent of its 96 schools
Detroit-area Catholic schools are getting a new superintendent.Brian Dougherty, who resigned Friday as superintendent from the cash-strapped Pontiac public schools, was appointed Wednesday by Archbishop Allen Vigneron to oversee 96 grade schools and high schools in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, St. Clair and Lapeer counties.Dougherty of Lake Orion was once a Catholic school teacher and ...
-
Game thread Verlander Tigers open up 6-2 lead on Indians
Justin Verlander's fast start to the 2013 season seems like ages ago. Now he tries to get back on track against the same Indians team who started to batter him May 11.The Tigers ace is 4-4 with a 3.17 ERA, but had a 1.55 ERA as of two start ago. Since then, he's given up 11 earned runs on 12 hits and seven walks in 7.2 innings against the Indians and Rangers, both losses.Ubaldo Jimenez ...
-
Wolf hunt in Upper Peninsula will go on despite ballot question
LANSING — The ongoing battle over hunting gray wolves in the Upper Peninsula ...
-
Washtenaw County communities see rash of home break-ins
GM HAS MADE CHANGES TO ITS SUMMER SHUTDOWNS BUT HAS NOT ELABORATED. Carmen: THERE'S GROWING CONCERN TONIGHT ABOUT A GROWING CRIME WAVE IN ONE WASHTENAW COUNTY COMMUNITY. Devin: POLICE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RECENT HOME INVASIONS AND THE CRIMES HAVE STIRRED UP FEARS AMONG PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK THERE. Lauren: ON A TYPICAL DAY, KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE OF THIS WHITMORE LAKE DAY CARE ALL DAY ...
-
GM Recalling Cadillac SUVs To Tighten Wheels
General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off.The company says the recall affects the 2013 Cadillac SRX with 18-inch wheels. Canadian safety regulators say the wheel nuts may not have been tightened enough at the factory.GM says the problem hasn't caused any crashes or injuries, and no wheels have fallen from vehicles.Dealers will ...
-
Detroit is brokebankruptcy may be next
The first report by Detroit's emergency manager declares that the city is broke and at risk of running completely out of money - a financial meltdown that could mean employees don't get paid, retirees lose their pensions and residents endure even deeper cuts in municipal services. If Detroit cannot avert disaster by reducing its debt payments, the only remaining option appears to be ...
-
Former GM Pontiac site could get auto-themed destination
M1 Concourse proposed for former GM Pontiac site: An entrepreneur is proposing to build a major automotive-themed destination called M1 Concourse at a former General Motors property in Pontiac. Nathan Bomey/Detroit Free ...
-
Shoalts Red Wings are proof that depth means everything in the playoffs
Detroit Red Wings left wing Drew Miller (20) celebrates his 2nd period goal with teammates as Chicago Blackhawks defencemen Johnny Oduya (27) and Chicago Blackhawks defencemen Michal Rozsival (32) reacts during Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference semifinals game in Detroit, Michigan May 20, 2013. (REBECCA ...
-
Full circle Summer shutdowns at Detroit Three scaled back or cancelled
The Detroit Three auto makers learned a valuable lesson during the Great Recession: too much assembly capacity is deadly.Now, with the U.S. market bouncing ...
Detroit Focus
-
Detroit, the little motor city that could?
Detroit has been kicked in the face by the world economy, political scandals and budget deficits. But are things perhaps looking up for the automotive capital of the country?
Detroit has long been considered the US capital of car manufacturing, giving rise to its nickname, Motor City. In the 1950s the city was the fourth largest in the country, but a decline in fortunes and a changing economy has left the city with just half as many people it had in its heyday. Read more
News from around our Network
