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Lansing — A law requiring contractors pay prisoners minimum wage is holding up a privatization push meant to shave up to $93 million from the state Corrections budget this year, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Bob Bashara’s lawyer said Tuesday he expects charges in the slaying of his client’s wife will be issued soon against Bashara, fearing authorities have struck a plea deal for testimony with an alleged confessed accomplice.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Officials in the three Wayne County communities to see an increase in housing values attribute it to the area’s quality of life.
Detroit Police Sgt. Almondo Greer-Travis loved being on the force for more than 16 years. Mr. Greer-Travis, 40, died unexpectedly Sunday while working.
A cause of death has been determined for WJBK-TV (Channel 2) Vice President and General Manager Jeff Murri.
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.
Detroit — The dozen Detroit Public Schools to be shifted to a new statewide recovery school district will not be announced on Thursday as planned, an official with the Education Achievement System said Tuesday.
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A federal jury has heard opening statements in a bribery trial over the repair of mail trucks in southeastern Michigan.
Traverse City — Environmental activists Tuesday challenged President Barack Obama and the Republicans hoping to unseat him to support a hotly debated plan to protect the Great Lakes from an Asian carp attack by cutting off their Chicago-area connection to the Mississippi River watershed.
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