Report: Stimulus Drives Right Past Motor City
Today’s extra-large roundup of stimulus coverage:
Stimulus readers, rejoice: Today’s harvest of coverage is a bounty. We begin … more…
Real Estate Secrecy and School Scams
Here are our editors' picks from today's roundup of investigative stories around the Web. Was there a story we missed? Please kee … more…
Michigan Clerk Sees Problems With Electronic Voting Machines
A county clerk in Michigan has warned that electronic voting machines used across the country have failed to correctly tabulate votes … more…
Mich. Foreclosure-Based Voter Challenge Ends in Political, not Legal, Agreement
Democrats and the Obama campaign yesterday dropped their federal lawsuit charging Republicans with plotting an unconstitutional schem … more…
Report: Kilpatrick to Step Down, Plead Guilty, Serve 4 Months
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has struck a plea deal with prosecutors and will step down.
What's … more…
How to Boot a Mayor
Breaking Update: The Free Press is reporting that Kilpatrick is expected to plead guilty tomorrow morning.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Gr … more…
Kilpatrick Hearing Gets Under Way
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) revved up public hearings on Kwame Kilpatrick's fate this morning. First up was a law expert to testify a … more…
Mich. Gov. to Judge Detroit Mayor
It's not something you see very frequently. Next Wednesday, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) will hold a hearing on whether Detro … more…
How Do You Boot a Mayor?
For seven months, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) has managed to hold on in office. In January, the Detroit Free Press published t … more…
Mayor on a String
The latest in Detroit’s seemingly bottomless saga: After Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent last night in jail for violating the conditio … more…
Who’s Running Detroit?
News broke earlier today that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed after he violated the conditions of his bail by making a bus … more…
June 18, 2009
For-Profit Schools Take Advantage of Unemployed in Michigan Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press, June 18, 2009
May 07, 2009
Rep. Conyers Tops in Use of Campaign Funds for Travel Gordon Trowbridge, Detroit News, May 07, 2009
April 15, 2009
Did Michigan Overrate Charter Schools? Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki and Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press, April 15, 2009
February 23, 2009
Explaining a ‘No’ Vote on Stimulus in Michigan Carl Hulse, New York Times, February 23, 2009
January 14, 2009
Michigan Bank Lends Little of Its Bailout Funds Eric Lipton and Ron Nixon, New York Times, January 14, 2009
December 04, 2008
S&P ‘Surreptitiously’ Boosts Its Muni Grades Darrell Preston and Christine Richard, Bloomberg, December 04, 2008
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