Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
What's that old saying about when push comes to shove? Well, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has just pushed things too damn far. Enough already. Mr. Mayor, for Detroit, for Wayne County, for the entire State of Michigan, which has been dragged into your mess: Shove off. It's over. It's got to be.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. called Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's run-in with two law enforcement officers "another blow to the city's image" today and repeated his call for Kilpatrick to resign.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Macomb County appears on the verge of winning back state funding that could help create hundreds or perhaps thousands of jobs in the blossoming defense and homeland security industry.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
UPDATED AT 8:53 P.M.: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was involved in a dispute Thursday afternoon with law enforcement officials attempting to serve his friend Bobby Ferguson with a subpoena. The severity of the incident — which occurred around 4 p.m. at the home of the mayor's sister, Ayanna — is in dispute.
LSJ Blogs: Capitol Journal (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I did a story in today's paper about a raise for the Board of Water and Light's general manager, noting in a chart that he makes $62,000 a year more than Gov. Jennifer Granholm. And that brings up the obvious...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
A new state policy in Kentucky that lowers the flag to half-staff only for fallen soldiers from the state has angered some veterans and lawmakers.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
A deal to expand Cobo Center inched closer to reality Wednesday, but details still needed to be smoothed out.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Gov. Jennifer Granholm were scheduled to meet this afternoon to discuss details of a possible expansion plan for Cobo Center.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Gov. Jennifer Granholm were scheduled to meet this afternoon to discuss details of a possible expansion plan for Cobo Center.
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said LeFevre faces a consecutive five-year sentence if found guilty of escape......
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan introduced legislation today which would ratify a compact between the states bordering the Great Lakes and provide protection from the water being diverted in huge quantities anywhere else.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The village charter commission unanimously approved the new governing document on Tuesday that would oversee Grosse Pointe Shores when it becomes a city, and the charter will be mailed to the governor for approval this week or early next week.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Clarkston man whose family's assets were seized in a widely criticized drug case 10 years ago walked free from prison Tuesday, his 40-year sentence commuted after 15 months by Gov. Jennifer Granholm for health reasons.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he plans to meet with Gov. Jennifer Granholm this week about his plans for the expansion of Cobo Center in Detroit. "We're going to talk specifics later on," Kilpatrick said Tuesday. "I think at some point very soon we'll be able to come out with an announcement."
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Nobody is more interested in seeing Democrats recapture the state Supreme Court than Michigan trial lawyers are -- right?
