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The Detroit Medical Center intends to sell the health system to a Tennessee company.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     Officials with the city and the D-M-C say the proposed sale will clear hundreds of millions of dollars of debt from the non-profit medical system…and allow it to significantly upgrade its facilities.    Flanked by officials including Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and ... Full Story »

Detroit Public Schools officials say their proposal to close up to 45 schools fits with plans by Mayor Dave Bing to…in effect…shrink the size of the city.    But officials in the Detroit Mayor’s office say they heard few details of the school plan…until after it was released to the public.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     D-P-S Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb said at a news ... Full Story »

The Obama Administration wants Congress to authorize a revised version of the “No Child Left Behind” education law….     WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     The No Child Left Behind law instituted by President Bush has been often criticized by educators for requiring too-many unfunded mandates…forcing teachers to actually lower standards so schools don’t risk losing funding as a penalty ... Full Story »

     An annual local art scholarship program is picking its latest winners this week… and as WDET’s Rob St. Mary reports… those who take part say it’s about more than the money.      (click audio link above to hear story) Full Story »

The head of the criminal division of the Wayne County Circuit Court has ruled that there were no secret dealings involving prosecutors…in the probation violation case of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…    Wayne County prosecutors accuse former Mayor Kilpatrick of violating his probation…by failing to meet a restitution payment deadline.    Kilpatrick ... Full Story »

Detroit Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick is being subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     The Congresswoman will testify in the federal court representing the Eastern District of Michigan.    Kilpatrick’s office manager – Andrea Bragg – will also testify before the same grand jury.    But neither the date of their appearances ... Full Story »

Former Detroit City Council President Monica Conyers – wife of powerful Democratic Congressman John Conyers – has been sentenced to 37 months behind bars on bribery charges.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     Monica Conyers pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to accept thousands of dollars in exchange for voting to support a city contract with a sludge-hauling company.    Federal ... Full Story »

     Last week, the Craig Fahle Show hosted a roundtable discussion with neighborhood leaders in Detroit about community policing and citizen patrols. Since the cash strapped city is working with fewer police officers than in previous years… citizen patrols have become a more prominent way of fighting crime in city neighborhoods. WDET’s Rob St. Mary went out with two neighborhood groups and he ... Full Story »

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is proposing a state-owned bank to ease the credit crunch for small businesses. He announced his plan during a news conference in Detroit Tuesday.  Bernero says he wants to model the project after the highly successful Bank of North Dakota. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says hundreds of projects that would bring jobs to the state are on hold because state ... Full Story »

Michigan State Senator Hansen Clarke is making a bid to unseat long-time Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     Clarke has served in the state legislature since 1990…and became a state senator in 2002.    He faces another veteran lawmaker as he seeks to represent the 13th Congressional District – fellow Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.    But Clarke ... Full Story »

The National Football League’s free agency period is underway…with the Detroit Lions signing some of the highest-profile players available.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     When the clock hit midnight on the first official day of free agency…Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz was at the front door of one of the players he worked with in Tennessee – pass rusher Kyle Vanden Bosch.    Soon ... Full Story »