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  1. DPS to close 16 schools, offer 4 others for charters

    Saying Detroit Public Schools must discard its outdated educational model to lead the city’s comeback, district officials announced plans Wednesday to close 16 schools and offer four others as candidates to be turned into charter schools.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • COMMUTING

    Matthew Moroun: Bridge Co. to follow court’s orders in Gateway dispute

    Matthew Moroun pledged today that the company will comply with the court’s orders regarding the $230 million Gateway Project and noted construction already has started.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Handyman questioned in Bashara murder allowed visits with daughter

    A Michigan State Police Crime Lab technician is inside the home of Robert Bashara late Wednesday morning, while handyman Joseph Gentz was in court this morning for a child custody hearing over his 10-year-old daughter.

  2. Patterson’s State of the County promotes job growth, technology

    L. Brooks Patterson is touting economic development programs, a budget surplus and cutting-edge technology initiatives in his 18th annual State of the County address Wednesday evening.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Michigan prison privatization bid stalls

    A law requiring contractors to pay prisoners minimum wage is holding up a privatization push meant to shave up to $93M from the state Corrections budget.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Cops, crime lab technicians leave Bashara home

    Two Michigan State Police Crime Lab technicians and police officers searched the home of Robert Bashara for several hours today.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • MACOMB COUNTY

    Macomb committee takes no action on vacant building

    Mount Clemens— Officials took no action Wednesday in determining the fate of a vacant building next to the Macomb County Administration Building in downtown Mount Clemens.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Salvation Army sets $8.2M record for Red Kettle campaign

    The Salvation Army announced today it raised a record $8.2 million during its holiday Red Kettle Campaign in Metro Detroit.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • METRO AND STATE

    Audit: Michigan’s prisoner re-entry initiative harms public safety, fails to track ex-convicts

    Lansing — A much heralded Michigan prisoner release program is only moderately effective, not sufficiently monitored and lacks proper record-keeping, according to a state audit released Tuesday.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Arbitration threat muddles Detroit budget talks

    Detroit — As he fights to keep the city solvent, Mayor Dave Bing is in an uphill battle to wring savings from the one place it’s been the most difficult to find: police and fire unions.

  3. Oakland Dems to give own county address

    Pontiac — Oakland’s Democratic commissioners plan to put on their own State of the County after Republican Executive L. Brooks Patterson excluded them from his 18th annual address over the legal battle involving a controversial redistricting law.

  4. Romney speech moved to bigger stage: Ford Field

    Detroit — Interest in the GOP presidential race is heating up in Michigan. Just hours after the Detroit Economic Club announced Bloomfield Hills-bred Mitt Romney would make a stop in Detroit, organizers had to find a bigger venue due to a big demand for tickets.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • SCHOOLS

    Obama praises Detroit students at White House science fair

    A Detroit school’s science project got the attention of President Barack Obama on Tuesday. The White House hosted a science fair, featuring projects by more than 100 students from across the country.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
    • WAYNE COUNTY

    Report: Quality of life aids western Wayne home values

    Officials in the three Wayne County communities to see an increase in housing values attribute it to the area’s quality of life.

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