Drivers Sound Off On State Road Improvement Plan
State lawmakers this week will examine a plan to raise nearly $1.5 billion a year to fix Michigan's crumbling roads and bridges. But it would come at a price to drivers.
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State lawmakers this week will examine a plan to raise nearly $1.5 billion a year to fix Michigan's crumbling roads and bridges. But it would come at a price to drivers.
President Barack Obama is getting ready to deliver an election-year State of the Union address heavy on economic themes when he addresses a joint session of Congress and millions of television viewers.
"... I think he should have done a 'George Wallace'... He should have stood in the doorway, he should have forced them to go to court to get an injunction and we should have presented our case in court," said Kwame Kenyatta.
While Highland Park School officials were making their case against the state sending in an emergency financial manager, Governor Rick Snyder sent parents a letter telling them why Lansing should be involved.
A coalition fighting proposed changes to Michigan's auto insurance laws filed a lawsuit Monday seeking claims information from an association that handles medical bills for seriously injured accident victims.
President Obama will deliver a speech at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.
A Farmington Hills businessman is calling for the release of his nephew from Syria.
A $245 million American Indian casino in downtown Lansing could create about 2,200 jobs and help fund scholarships for area students, according to backers.
Sunday, a flash mob of over 100 people gathered in front of Cobo Center to protest the Syrian government and human rights violations.
Newt Gingrich's victory in South Carolina changes the game, and Michigan's February 28 primary is looking increasingly important.
It was guarded optimism about adding jobs and uncertainty about an Emergency Manager for Detroit on the minds of the Big Four political leaders during a Detroit Economic Club appearance.
"I'm going to do my job," Snyder said. "I'll do what I need to do to represent the citizens of Michigan."
State-appointed emergency managers say fiscal responsibility, not race, is behind Michigan's Public Act 4.
Michigan's February 28th primary could turn from a snore ... to something more.
Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence is getting close to formally kicking off a run for Congress against two fellow Democrats, U.S. Reps. Hansen Clarke and Gary Peters.