Finley and Henderson: Forging friendships across the political divide

Friendships can forge across the political divided. Finley, Henderson are leading Detroit Regional chamber's Civility Project to prove it.

by Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson  | 2 days ago

Editorial: Move ahead with payments to wrongfully imprisoned

"Asking those who have already been horribly wronged by the state to wait for the money their owed is the wrong approach."

by The Detroit News  | 2 days ago

Opinion: Prescription requirements would cost Michigan

"Any kind of public policy requiring a prescription for over-the-counter medicines containing PSE would do more harm than good."

by Kathleen Slonager  | 2 days ago

Graham: Farewell tours are rarely a goodbye

Touring artists make big money by saying bon voyage, which is why they keep doing it

by Adam Graham  | 4 days ago

Finley: Bad roads are here for a while

"Reversing decades of neglect will take both patience and sacrifice. Yet I don't sense Michigan residents are prepared for either one."

by Nolan Finley  | 4 days ago

Jacques: Trump isn’t fix for free speech on the quad

Credit the president for shining a light on a very real problem. But that’s where his involvement should end.

by Ingrid Jacques  | 4 days ago

Editorial: Judges should stay off athletic court

"As long as EMU is offering equal opportunity to male and female athletes, forcing it to bring back a particular (and costly) sport seems meddlesome."

by The Detroit News  | 4 days ago

Opinion: Whitmer wrong on third grade reading

"Whitmer's decision to fight the third grade reading law is not only wrongheaded and shortsighted, but counterproductive."

by Tim Kelly  | 4 days ago

Opinion: Put an end to bad roadside drug tests

Galai writes: "Prosecutors must also refrain from pursuing plea deals in cases in which arrest is exclusively supported by a roadside test."

by Sagiv Galai  | 4 days ago

Opinion: Fighting back against Michigan’s opioid crisis

Bloomberg Philanthropies unveiled a $50 million plan to provide resources and expertise to help the states hit hardest by opioid overdose deaths

by Gretchen Whitmer and Michael Bloomberg  | 5 days ago

Editorial: Green Light can’t become Big Brother

"Duggan is right to want to protect Detroiters, but he should be careful not to turn the city into an Orwellian state."

by The Detroit News  | 5 days ago

Bankole: Detroit police face racial reckoning

"We should worry Detroit doesn’t explode because of apparent racial bias and constitutional violations against Detroit residents."

by Bankole Thompson  | 5 days ago

Democrats try to cover up their anti-Semitism

"One tactic taken up by Democrats is trolling for supposedly anti-Semitic comments by Republicans to deflect and dilute the attention on Omar."

by David Harsanyi  | 5 days ago

Opinion: Public Act 51 is a road funding hurdle

"Michigan roads are funded through PA 51 which determines how money get distributed between the state, counties and cities."

by Robert Ficano  | 5 days ago

Opinion: Genovese murder remains touchstone moment

"The debate over Kitty Genovese has many dimensions, but one of them is the debate over what really happened."

by David Shribman  | 5 days ago

No surprise if Trump wins Michigan again

"President Trump has delivered for the people of Michigan, and the latest polling suggests they’ll return the favor at the ballot box in 2020."

by Laura Cox  | 5 days ago

Letters: Other views on gas tax, free college

"We should consider a tax on miles driven which will equally tax those with electric cars/internal combustion vehicles and trucks and buses."

by The Detroit News  | 5 days ago

Letter: WSU board seeks financial accountability

"If Whitmer were interested in a fair allocation or a fair way to provide funding for highway renewal, then all should pay their fair share."

by The Detroit News  | 6 days ago

Opinion: Big labor won’t respect Michigan workers

"Michigan union bosses opposed Right to Work before it even passed into law, and have regularly violated workers’ rights to stop dues payments since."

by Mark Mix  | 6 days ago

Jacques: Money alone won’t lead to more grads

"Simply giving schools more money, without accompanying accountability measures, won’t move the needle on student performance."

by Ingrid Jacques  | 6 days ago

Opinion: Whitmer’s budget benefits workers

"Michigan citizens were finally given a frank assessment of the true cost of years of failing to invest in our state’s critical infrastructure."

by Ron Bieber  | 6 days ago

Opinion: Gov’t shouldn’t play subsidy game with market

Greszler writes: "In the long-run, low barriers to business start-ups and everyday low tax rates will always triumph over crony capitalism."

Finley: Let’s go ahead and obsess about deficits

"This recklessness will go on until the debt gets so heavy the whole economy collapses. "

Letters: Other views on educational achievement

"By providing students with easier access to breakfast, we are eliminating a huge barrier to student achievement."

by The Detroit News  | 6 days ago

Society: Beautiful Machine Mag kicks off its ‘More’ event

Beautiful Machine Mag celebrated its one-year anniversary on Saturday with an elegant event called “More" and its naming of "Man of the Year."

Bankole: Unions must boost blacks in recovery

"Even though union leaders beat up on conservatives during elections, they have not had a pretty good record either."

Opinion: We need more charter schools, not fewer

"The only interest group that doesn’t seem to be opposed to charter schools is parents. That’s why many charter schools have long waiting lists."

Opinion: Greater support for our first responders

Mueller writes: "Our first responders are exposed regularly to human suffering, violence, exhausting schedules and extreme stress."

Opinion: Awarding the best resorts and spas

"Coming to you from Grand Traverse Resort and Spa at the 2019 Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism."

Podcast: Howes on Whitmer and Michigan business

Howes: Gretchen Whitmer’s budget address helped answer whether Michigan business still has a friend in the governor’s office: not so much.

Finley: AG Nessel puts civil liberties at risk

"The new campaign announced by Attorney General Dana Nessel has the real potential to morph into thought policing."

Editorial: Tax credits should encourage work

"Using tax credits to assure it is more profitable to work and seek higher skills than it is to collect benefits is sound policy."

Opinion: Fuel tax funds will be diverted

"The proposed tax increase isn’t just about funding roads — it’s also being used as a means to fund other priorities."

Opinion: Medicare for all, quality care for none

"Americans who have private health insurance have demonstrated that they're not interested in losing their coverage for VA-style health care."

by Janet Trautwein  | 6 days ago

Nessel falsely accuses church of not cooperating

"Nessel should share these tips with the church to keep potential offenders away from their congregations."

Opinion: Road funding needs fundamental fix

"Our research can illuminate the road ahead, which, like most in Michigan, is likely to be bumpy."

Editorial: Good riddance to pot licensing board

"The Marijuana Regulatory Agency should work to reduce the cost of licensing pot businesses while also streamlining the application process."

Opinion: Lawmakers must expand sunshine laws

"Currently Michigan is the only state in the nation to exempt both the legislature and the governor from its Freedom of Information Act."

by Wesley H. Maurer, Jr.  | 6 days ago

Society Confidential: Crim, Koppel eulogize fellow journalist Steve Bell

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Orthopedic surgeon loves to crochet

Is there a doctor in the house who knows how to crochet? Yes, there certainly is, if Dr. Mark Russell of Holt is anywhere around.