Rick SNYDER“The underlying key to success...is to change our culture.”
Barack OBAMA“The nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it - we need Michigan...”
12-year-old fatally shot after mother’s argument »
“It escalated into shots being fired into the home of the mother and daughter” and the girl was struck “multiple times in the body,” Sgt. Eren Stephens said.
Not everyone invited to hear Oakland County’s State of the County address »
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has conspicuously left 10 people off the guest list.
Hackel’s office concerned about delay in getting contracting policy »
Assistant County Executive Al Lorenzo said today that the delay means his office would have limited time to weigh the contracting policy, which is at the heart of a power struggle between commissioners and the executive’s office.
Michigan garment-industry leaders hope jobs emerge from trade trip to Turkey »
Turkey’s known for its fashion shows and designers. Michigan’s gaining worldwide attention for its emerging garment and fashion industries, especially in and around Detroit.
When Facebook files IPO, perhaps as early as Wednesday, it won’t follow all the rules »
Facebook is expected to raise as much as $10 billion, which will value the company at $75 billion to $100 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs. A stock usually starts trading three to four months after the filing.
Schuette files to halt hearing on U-M grad student research assistants unionizing »
Schuette, a Republican, has been barred by the Court of Appeals from taking part in the hearing, which is taking place to see if a 1981 Michigan Employment Relations Commission ruling stating the GSRAs are students and not employees should be overturned.
Dow and S&P have best January since ’97 »
It’s the best start for stocks in 15 years. In what was mostly a slow and steady climb, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.4 percent in January and the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 4.4 percent, the best performances for both indexes to open a year…
Poll: While majority of metro Detroiters support rapid-transit buses, only 40% want to pay for it »
Some 58% of likely voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties favor the proposal, which Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing rekindled late last year when they announced they’d given up on plans for the $550-million Woodward Light Rail Project.
Poll: While majority of metro Detroiters support rapid-transit buses, only 40% want to pay for it »
Some 58% of likely voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties favor the proposal, which Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing rekindled late last year when they announced they’d given up on plans for the $550-million Woodward Light Rail Project.
Calif. college administrator resigns over fake SAT scores »
Los Angeles — A senior administrator at Claremont McKenna College resigned after acknowledging that he falsified college entrance exam scores for years to publications responsible for ranking the small school among universities, an official s…
