When Highland Park native Yvonne Pratt moved to a suburb of Georgia's capital eight years ago, she sought a quiet lifestyle and weather that sprouted daffodils...
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano got a jump on his new job Tuesday when he was sworn in a day before his term officially begins. The move was made to...
This is a new year, with a new governor, a new secretary of state, and many new faces in the state Legislature. It is not a major election year on the state or...
Michigan cable television subscribers will be able to see the swearing-in and the inaugural program on the Michigan Government Television channel. The program,...
Starting Wednesday, there's bad news for people who haven't paid their traffic tickets and now must pay a higher fee to get their driver's license suspension...
Former Gov. John Engler has given Metro Times ample reason to spank his plump bottom rosy red. At times it seemed that he was begging us to do it. And we...
Anew year. A fresh start. A clean slate. A chance to step back, take stock and decide how you want to forge ahead -- or whether you're content to let whatever...
The new year brings a new governor to Michigan. At noon today on the Capitol steps in Lansing, political wunderkind Jennifer Granholm will take the oath of...
We read the news each day, oh, boy, did we. And when the year was just about over, we pulled out our scrapbooks of clippings from the dailies and other rags...
Kwame Kilpatrick was understandably beaming a few weeks ago when he rolled out plans to redevelop three miles of the riverfront, all the way to Belle Isle. ...
I don’t usually enjoy being wrong. However, when I heard that Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott had decided to forfeit his position as majority leader — the...
Gov. Jennifer Granholm invited Michiganians Wednesday to work with her to balance the deficit-ridden budget and help shape the state's future. From an...
Jennifer Granholm promised her governing style would be inclusive. Her inauguration, making a good start on that, verged on the all- inclusive. Black, white,...
To Governor Engler and Governor Blanchard, who's here, Senators Levin and Stabenow, to Lt. Governor Posthumus and Lt. Gov. Cherry, elected officials, my fellow...
Partisan strife is sure to follow, but Gov. Jennifer Granholm entered office waving an olive branch, eloquently urging one and all to "Walk with me, talk with...
Detroit parents want a greater choice of schools for their children. When the Legislature reconvenes, it should remember the needs of the parents and students....
Royal Oak has told potential developers that it wants plans for the hotel at the city's new Gateway Plaza, at Woodward and I- 696, to look "more urban than...
Lawmakers and mass transit proponents, stung by departing Gov. John Engler's veto of legislation aimed at overhauling mass transit in Detroit and its suburbs,...
Former Gov. John Engler earned the wrath of public transit advocates -- and even a few Republicans -- when word got out Wednesday that he vetoed legislation...
Gov. Jennifer Granholm must learn to work with a Republican-led state Legislature, a Republican attorney general and a Republican-leaning Michigan Supreme...
Gov. Jennifer Granholm will do more than just get her bearings in a new office on her first full day as Michigan's governor. Her first official action as...
Michigan's new attorney general and secretary of state promised improvements and refocused energies when they begin work today. Tracking deadbeat parents will...
Gov. Jennifer Granholm took her oath Wednesday as Michigan's first female governor, calling for more civic involvement to help the cash-strapped government...
The season of giving hasn't been kind to the blood supply in southeast Michigan. Blood donations were down significantly this holiday season, and groups like...
The Bush administration should not be at odds with itself over affirmative action. Yet, only weeks before the Jan. 16 deadline to decide whether and how the...
For Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Wednesday was about as good as it's going to get, at least for a while, and she made the most of it. The governor wisely opted for...
Newly elected Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and his National Rainbow Coalition's landslide victory last week offer the once powerful East African nation an...
It is hard for us to join the chorus of mainstream media editorial pages, African leaders, and even the Bush administration, in the lavish praise and words of...
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was conspicuous by his absence at Gov. Jennifer Granholm's inaugural events on New Year's Day. A spokesman for Kilpatrick said...
