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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states cannot further burden voters by requiring that they produce proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The decision vindicates Gov. Rick Snyder's veto of similar state legislation last year.
The Farmington Public School District has a $222 million bond proposal that looks great on paper. But a closer look at the issue, scheduled for a vote Aug. 6, show this proposal is not right for the district and should be rejected.
The conflict at the heart of the Senate debate over comprehensive immigration reform: Most Republicans believe a policy to give a path to citizenship to 11 million illegal immigrants must be conditioned on stronger border security. Most Democrats don't.
50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic March on Detroit, the fight for opportunity and justice still goes on.
Re: Chad Livengood's June 14 report, 'Senate Dem leader accuses GOP of leaking discussions to media': Senate Democratic Leader Gretchen Whitmer walks out on discussions on raising taxes to fund road repairs, and accuses Republicans of leaking confidential
The Tigers are pretty darn good at collecting gaudy individual feats, and now here comes Scherzer, hanging 10s all over the place. On a team of pitching stars, it's his turn to star.
Legacy costs – debt, pensions, retiree health care – consume 42.5 percent of Detroit's revenue, and are headed to 64 percent by 2017. Detroit would effectively exist to sustain its retired workforce and creditors, with little left to serve its residents.
Detroit, which needs all the jobs it can get, has not been very welcoming of two recent ventures that have brought jobs and commerce to the city. This is unsustainable at a time when the city itself is broke.
An oil sands byproduct, petroleum coke, has brought more business to the city's waterfront. An industrial center in the Motor City's heyday, the Detroit River today is pocked with empty buildings and weed–choked loading platforms.
Syria is a tragedy. But that is no reason to make it America's tragedy. President Barack Obama should ask: Does he want his administration to be defined by involvement in an unnecessary and unpopular no-win war, as his predecessor was?
Should small, poor school districts be forced to consolidate into nearby districts? Our readers say yes.
Detroiters weigh in on the performance of City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta, who has been MIA from City Hall lately, and emergency manager Kevyn Orr, who just unveiled his plan to fix Detroit's finances and reinvest in the city.
School teachers know this: They are the most important factor in a student's success, outside the home. And, as in any profession, not everyone is equally ...
If the tide of the War on Terror is receding, why this vast, ever expanding NSA dragnet whose only justification is an outside threat? Which is it, Mr. ...
Aside from questions about the legality, constitutionality, ethical propriety and necessity of the federal government's intrusion into the Internet and phone ...
City Councilman Kenyatta is still drawing his roughly $74,000-a-year salary, and he still maintains an office staff at a cost of about $270,000 a year. Only ...
Why are gas prices so high? Costly regulations are a big part of it.
Re: Nolan Finley's June 13 column,
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Recent governmental scandals may result in the worst possible outcome for President Obama -- loss of faith in government as an agent of good.
Paul W. Smith offers a special look at a special man.
The corruption-riddled Detroit employee pension funds should be merged into the state retirement system to protect retiree assets from further abuse. The funds ...
One was the first black person elected to the Senate since Reconstruction. One was a groundbreaking voice for civil rights, another for the environment. One ...
The automobile stands as an enduring symbol of mobility and opportunity in America — and of innovation that's at the core of our nation's economic strength and ...
Re: Darren Nichols' June 13 report,
Re: Melissa Burden's June 5 column, 'Dan Akerson: Automotive titan builds a city with Habitat': Melissa Burden's profile of Dan Akerson paints the General ...
The Obama administration sees no limit on its presidential powers. It bends the Constitution to get and do what it wants. So why wouldn't we worry that it ...
Jeff Hadden There's all kinds of bad news in Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's report to the city's creditors.
Dawud Walid Republican national leadership still has not learned its lesson from last year’s defeat in pushing social legislation in Congress.
Jason Vines I'm reminded of Hoffa Jr.'s anti-tea party admonition last year when campaigning for President Obama in Detroit.
Nolan Finley Why would anyone give a federal agency caught in an outrageous abuse of its considerable power even more authority to meddle in the lives of Americans? There’s no justifiable reason....
City Councilman Kenyatta is still drawing his roughly $74,000-a-year salary, and he still maintains an office staff at a cost of about $270,000 a year. - 06/16/2013
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