Rick SNYDER“The underlying key to success...is to change our culture.”
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U.S. schools chief says he’s optimistic for Detroit district’s future »
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has spent the better part of his administration referring to Detroit Public Schools as one of the worst urban school districts in the nation, but he said this afternoon he believes the district is on the road to imp…
Judge sets Sept. 22 hearing on bid to dismiss Tamara Greene slaying lawsuits »
U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen set the hearing for Sept. 22 to consider requests by the city of Detroit and former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to throw out a lawsuit filed by the family of Tamara Greene.
Dearborn is setting for newspaper’s 9/11 lookback story »
It opens with a Dearborn plumber’s account of being shunned in the aftermath of the attacks because he is a Muslim.
Man charged in theft of $1-million tax refund check from mail »
A metro Detroit woman’s tax refund check in the amount of $955,342 was reported stolen from the mail, according to records filed in federal court today.
Rick Perry off to big lead in Michigan, Macomb County straw poll shows »
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is off to a Texas-sized start in the Republican presidential sweepstakes in Michigan, blowing away the competition in a straw poll of several hundred party activists Tuesday in Macomb County.
People Mover rate hiked, but that may not be enough, officials say »
Cuts to the city’s subsidy for the Detroit People Mover could leave the rail line with only enough money to operate through December, officials said today.
4 arrested at Oak Park medical marijuana business »
Police arrived “when we opened at 10 o’clock (this morning),” and asked to see the owner and his daughter, said Rick Thompson, a Big Daddy’s board member.
Ford UAW workers approve strike authorization »
Workers at Ford UAW Locals are overwhelmingly voting to give their leaders the option to call a strike as a contract deadline approaches.
Richmond father who faced deportation gets reprieve »
Florencio Avila Cachu was set to be deported Friday. But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said today – hours after Avila Cachu spoke at a press conference – that the agency stopped his removal pending further review.
Family, musicians, politicians remember Esther Gordy Edwards at funeral »
Esther Gordy Edwards’ brother Berry Gordy Jr., Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and many other Motown artists are among the hundreds gathered at Detroit’s Bethel AME Church for a warm farewell to Edwards, the label’s former vice president and founder of …
