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Detroit eyes layoffs, other actions to avoid state control

Source: Reuters, Dec 7 2012, 4:15pm CST

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing listens during a news conference at the Chrysler Mack I auto plant in Detroit, Michigan November 15, 2012. DETROIT (Reuters) - Under pressure by Michigan officials to turn around Detroit's ...

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Detroit Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure draws 30,000 entrants

Source: MLive.com  |   May 18 2013, 7:23pm CDT

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Thousands attend Race for the Cure in Detroit

Source: WDIV  |   May 18 2013, 12:37pm CDT

Thousands have turned out for the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at Comerica Park in Detroit. Saturday's event raised funds in the fight against breast cancer. It featured a 5K run/walk and a one-mile walk. The Komen race hono ...

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23 weeks ago


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"I'm a realist and I know that could in fact happen ... But I'm also a fighter, so I haven't given up."


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13 hours ago

Kalamazoo city manager finalists offer why they are a fit for the job

Source: MLive.com  |   May 18 2013, 10:03am CDT

Bais DiSessa is a former village administrator of Franklin and former village manager of Holly, both in Oakland County north of Detroit. She was an assistant city manager in Gross Pointe Woods and assistant to the ...

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22 hours ago

Paul W. Smith: The best of times are coming in Detroit

Source: Detroit News Online  |   May 18 2013, 12:22am CDT

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …" Or so it goes in Detroit. It's official. The year 2012 marked Detroit's high point in lows, recording the worst homicide rate in almost 20 years. It could be worse. In fact, it was. There were 6 ...

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1 day ago

Michael Van Beek: What Michigan's Charter Schools Can Teach the Country

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 17 2013, 6:06pm CDT

By Michael Van Beek Public charter schools now serve 2.3 million children nationwide and enjoy growing bipartisan support. But they are still loathed by teachers unions and traditional public-school officials more int ...

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1 day ago

Flint emergency manager Ed Kurtz prepares to present budget to state officials

Source: MLive.com  |   May 17 2013, 5:06pm CDT

FLINT, MI – Flint emergency manager Ed Kurtz and other city officials are keeping any potential changes in city services or increases in fees close to their vests as they prepare to present the city budget May 20 to Michigan Department of Treas ...

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1 day ago

Audit questions use of Michigan petroleum tax

Source: Detroit News Online  |   May 17 2013, 12:27pm CDT

Lansing — State of Michigan auditors are making objections about the use of millions of dollars from a petroleum tax. The tax is supposed to pay for problems related to leaking underground storage tanks and certain inspection programs. But ...

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1 day ago

Earthquake in Ontario felt in Detroit, other U.S. location

Source: The Middletown Press  |   May 17 2013, 10:45am CDT

DETROIT, Mich. — Parts of metro Detroit felt a rumble Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 4.4 magnitude earthquake occurred at 9:43 a.m. near Shawville, Canada, about 43 miles northwest of Ottawa. The quake was reportedly felt in Detroi ...

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Louis Farrakhan blasts emergency management, calls on blacks to buy up Detroit property

Source: MLive.com  |   May 17 2013, 9:30am CDT

DETROIT, MI -- Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam is speaking in Detroit today, pressing African Americans to work together to purchase and revitalize vacant buildings in the city. Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Chic ...

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