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  • School revenue fix on Dillon's to-do list

    Detroit News – 55 mins ago  

    Lansing -- Finding money to soften school aid cuts, enacting education reforms to lure federal dollars and finally passing a workplace smoking ban are the top items on House Speaker Andy Dillon's to-do list before the end of the year. Full Story »

  • Deal with union would avert state layoffs

    Detroit News – 2 hrs 40 mins ago  

    A tentative agreement between the state and a key employees' union averts layoffs for now, but calls for workers to take banked leave time and increases health care premiums and co-pays for new hires Full Story »

  • Top Kilpatrick aide implicated in Camp Brighton bribery claims

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 11:09 am ET  

    Detroit -- An official in the administration of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick who sent a memo to the City Council recommending the sale of a city-owned camp received a $20,000 kickback from the sale, according to records filed in U.S. District Court today. Full Story »

  • Workers set to move out of Old Wayne County Building

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:19 am ET  

    The Wayne County Commission gathered Thursday for the last time in the grand ballroom at 600 Randolph. By Christmas, the Beaux-Arts landmark will become virtually empty. Full Story »

  • Audits unmask Detroit's fiscal crisis

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:18 am ET  

    The city's finances are so shaky that officials repeatedly borrow money to cover day-to-day bills, rarely go after deadbeats and have sat on millions of dollars in property tax overpayments for years, according to two recent audits. Full Story »

  • Detroit city vehicle found outside crack house

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:18 am ET  

    Detroit -- City water officials are investigating why a city-owned Ford Focus assigned to an upper-level security officer was briefly seized by police last month outside a known crack house on the city's west side. Full Story »

  • Bing pleads for federal dollars for Detroit at Jobs Summit

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:18 am ET  

    Washington -- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said at a White House Jobs Summit on Thursday that the Obama administration needs to do more to help struggling cities. Full Story »

  • Former DPS exec defends land deals

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:18 am ET  

    Detroit -- A former Detroit Public Schools executive defended real estate deals for a new headquarters and high schools, and accused the district's emergency financial manager of a "premature rush to judgment" in investigating the transactions. Full Story »

  • Ordinances keep Tavern at Tina's shuttered for 2 years

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:18 am ET  

    Macomb Township -- Two years ago, sisters Catherine and Mary Jo Imbronone announced the upcoming opening of Tavern at Tina's, a bar to complement their 28-year-old banquet facility next door, Tina's Country House, on North Avenue. Full Story »

  • Battle against Asian carp off to a promising start

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:18 am ET  

    After introducing thousands of gallons of toxin into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and monitoring results for a day, biologists recovered one Asian carp Thursday in a canal leading to Lake Michigan, the nearest the destructive species has come to the Great Lakes, Illinois environmental officials said. Full Story »

  • Stakes are high for some in carp fight

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:17 am ET  

    Benton Harbor charter boat captain Russ Clark has taken clients on the St. Joseph River to chase steelhead and salmon for roughly a quarter century. Business has been good. He'd like it to continue. Full Story »

  • Archer draws aim on carp

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:17 am ET  

    On the Illinois River near Peoria, the battle over the Asian carp has been decided. The fish are there, in large numbers, the kind that produce memorable YouTube videos of the carp leaping from the water in the wake of cruising boats. Full Story »

  • Tom Greenwood: Secretary of State to merge more outlets

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:17 am ET  

    The Secretary of State Office will merge offices throughout the state after more people have turned to the Internet for the department's services. Full Story »

  • Hate crimes against Muslims in U.S. drop, report finds

    Detroit News – Fri Dec 4, 1:00 am ET  

    Detroit -- Muslims in America continue to face persecution and profiling, according to a Council on American-Islamic Relations' annual report on the status of Muslim civil rights in the United States. Full Story »

  • Detroit schools, teachers' union announce tentative deal

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 3:00 pm ET  

    Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools and its teachers' union announced they've reached a deal that will boost teacher accountability and avoid bankruptcy. Full Story »

  • Bing urges Obama to help blight efforts

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 2:30 pm ET  

    Washington -- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said today he wanted to see the Obama administration boost aid to help the city tackle its 70,000 abandoned properties. Full Story »

  • Detroit wins kudos for bond deal

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 12:45 pm ET  

    Detroit --The city may still be battling a monster $300 million deficit, but Detroit has landed a national award for the way it dealt with another financial crisis. Full Story »

  • Rib Rack jury deliberations to continue Friday

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 12:30 pm ET  

    Pontiac -- A verdict has yet to be reached in the Rib Rack murder trial against Jerome Hamilton, 16, of Southfield. A jury remained out today reviewing witness testimony and deliberations are expected to resume Friday morning, for the seventh day. Full Story »

  • Tips sought in search for missing Detroit teen

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 12:00 pm ET  

    The Michigan State Police and the Center for Missing and Exploited Children are asking for the public's help in locating an endangered runaway. Full Story »

  • Police: Suspect called 911 to throw off chase

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 12:00 pm ET  

    A 26-year-old Shelby Township man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase through Shelby Township, Sterling Heights and Troy on Monday called the 911 emergency number in an attempt to throw authorities off of his trail, officials said Thursday. Full Story »

  • Suspects sought in I-94 sex assault

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 10:30 am ET  

    Romulus --Authorities were releasing little information today regarding a search for two men they believe are responsible for the rape of a woman whose car broke down along I-94 in suburban Detroit early Wednesday morning. Full Story »

  • Rescued Dearborn Chihuahuas bring holiday cheer

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 10:30 am ET  

    Dearborn -- Two of about 100 Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes taken in by a Detroit-area animal shelter this summer following a hoarding case are getting some big exposure this holiday season. Full Story »

  • Ex-DPS official seeks to 'set the record straight' in real estate probe

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 10:30 am ET  

    Detroit -- A former Detroit Public Schools executive today turned over to the school district a CD with more than 400 documents related to moving the schools' headquarters to the Fisher Building and other past real estate transactions that have since come under scrutiny. Full Story »

  • Fake designer clothing seized during Detroit raids

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 10:15 am ET  

    Detroit -- Detroit police say two east-side clothing stores were caught selling items bearing labels such as Gucci, Coach, Polo and other designers at prices too good to be true. Full Story »

  • Single Asian carp found in Illinois fish kill

    Detroit News – Thu Dec 3, 9:30 am ET  

    It's too soon to declare victory in the latest battle to stop the invasive Asian carp. But Illinois environmental officials conducting a massive fish kill along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal say they haven't yet spotted any Asian carp among tens of thousands of poisoned fish. Full Story »

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