Is Detroit Ripe For Civil Unrest?
Inflammatory remarks made by a Detroit minister has some Metro Detroiters worried about possible civil unrest in the city as it deals with a financial crisis which likely will require state intervention.
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Inflammatory remarks made by a Detroit minister has some Metro Detroiters worried about possible civil unrest in the city as it deals with a financial crisis which likely will require state intervention.
The Michigan Supreme Court says it will decide whether people permitted to use medical marijuana can sell it to others who also have cards.
"It would be correct to report that a deal has been reached'," said WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.
The state Senate took a final vote Wednesday. Next, the measure will be sent to Gov. Rick Snyder for his consideration.
Rather than noting that an armed person shot an unarmed person, we now need devolve into disgusting shouting matches, where people lend their brains to radio talk show hosts and repeat their words zombie-like.
"If Detroit continues to decline, it's a huge problem," Gov. Rick Snyder said. "How we grow the city is how we grow out of this problem."
"Detroit ... couldn't survive without a manger," Patterson told attendees at an Chamber of Commerce breakfast at Oakland University on Wednesday.
A judge ruled Tuesday that state Department of Human Services director Maura Corrigan "exceeded her authority" by ending benefits for most welfare recipients once they reached the five-year federal limit.
Detroit City Council has voted 6-3 to approve a request from the mayor's office giving Mayor Dave Bing permission to issue bonds to keep the city from running out of cash this spring.
Governor Snyder is criticizing a deal reached between the city of Detroit and police and firefighters.
Keisha Scott, executive director of Maggie's Toronto Sex Action Project, which provides assistance to sex workers, called the Charlie Langton 1270 Talk Radio morning show to discuss the latest twist in the world's oldest profession.
Flint's state-appointed emergency manager is prepared to pick up where he left off now that Michigan's Appeals Court has granted a motion allowing him to resume his work.
An emergency manager would have the power to dismiss the mayor and City Council and redo union contracts.
More than 50 protesters disrupted a financial review team meeting as they worked to decide if an emergency manager should be named to run Detroit.
Governor Rick Snyder will be meeting with city leaders in Detroit on Monday, which is deadline day for the city to agree on a solution to its financial problems.