Detroit still fails to keep residents

The exodus from Detroit continues, the Census Bureau says, more feet-on-the-ground evidence that the city's chronic mismanagement is perpetuating a problem years in the making.

Rationale behind Beaumont-Henry Ford merger still alive

Metro Detroit's mega-hospital merger may be dead, but the forces that pushed Beaumont Health Systems into the arms of its larger rival, Henry Ford, are very much alive.

New programs driving change in Detroit despite financial crisis

The threat of Chapter 9 bankruptcy for Michigan's largest city isn't squelching ideas whose times are overdue.

EM to offer glimpse at Detroit’s ‘perfect storm of financial ruin’

Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr’s 45-day report on Detroit’s financial condition, coming Monday, will be a series of messages to lenders, unions and pension funds. They are expected to help execute a sweeping restructuring of city government, preferably outside bankruptcy court.

Penske, Grand Prix back on track

Roger Penske just smiles. "It's not gonna happen again," the industrialist-cum-racing impresario said Wednesday, recalling the track fiasco at last year's Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix that interrupted the weekend's marquee race and marred the return of IndyCar racing to the Motor City after a four-year hiatus.

Howes: Mayor Bing’s Detroit successes mixed

Whatever Dave Bing decides about running for a second term, the NBA great-turned-politician will end his four-plus years as Detroit mayor with a mixed record.

Detroit 3 progress heralds ‘new day’

Whatever the deep financial troubles weighing on Detroit, this week’s run of car sales and first-quarter financials shows its hometown automakers are firing on all cylinders.

Howes: Detroit potshots too close to reality

Everybody’s dumping on Detroit again. If “everybody” means New York’s Nanny-in-Chief, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and a thinly reported segment on Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor” that used a slice of the city’s (verifiable) municipal dysfunction to depict a latter-day Pompeii in the Midwest.

Detroit’s per capita spending on police and fire is out of step

Joe Harris can’t help himself. The former auditor general of Detroit and one-time emergency financial manager in Benton Harbor is working the numbers again, and what they say about the city’s financial management and collective bargaining prowess compared to similar cities is not encouraging.

Record profit in N. America puts ‘growth’ back in Ford’s vocabulary

Alan Mulally’s Blue Oval machine delivered record pre-tax profits of $2.4 billion in North America, but the most promising sign in Ford Motor Co.’s first quarter numbers is revival of a word generally not associated with Detroit’s automakers: growth.

Detroit, region can share benefits of success

It should surprise absolutely no one that the inevitable has occurred: The intense civic focus on Detroit, a product of the city’s dismal financial condition and political dysfunction, finally got a rise out of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson.

For GM exec, key to trust is a better product

Mark Reuss should be a happy man. General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet brand is on a tear, booking 10 straight quarters of record global sales.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra finds key to revival by engaging community

Two years after a debilitating strike pushed the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to the brink of its storied existence, the band is back.

EM Orr moves closer to transferring city services

Even as Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr is quietly meeting with city officials and studying Detroit’s grim financials, plans are accelerating behind the scenes to transfer selected departments and programs to outside agencies.

GM taps history in support of Opel

In an unambiguous show of support, General Motors Co.’s directors and top executives descended on their German headquarters this week to declare their ...