Imagine Michigan cities full of young people, living in loft apartments, socializing in cyber-cafes and drinking Starbucks coffee. And wearing sunglasses. ...
The state's health care crisis dominated the buzz in the plush lobby of the Grand Hotel this weekend -- where the state's top politicians and business people...
Oakland County's top elected official doesn't embrace Gov. Jennifer Granholm's effort to battle urban sprawl, it became apparent Saturday at the Detroit...
At the annual Detroit Regional Chamber's Leadership Policy Conference that brings together hundreds of the state's top political and business leaders, Mayor...
A playful side of politics entertained spectators Saturday morning at a panel discussion by four Metro Detroit elected leaders at the annual Detroit Regional...
Following the lead of its national counterpart, the Detroit Branch of the NAACP announced this weekend that it will track the voting record of state...
It's been at least five years since I last made the trip to the Detroit Regional Chamber's annual leadership conference at the Grand Hotel. The remarkable...
Checker Bar & Grill, a 52- year-old family restaurant in downtown Detroit, hopes this week's opening of the main doors of the new Compuware Corp. headquarters...
Is this trip necessary? No. Is it of political benefit to Gov. Jennifer Granholm? Yes. Photo opportunities abound. Nonetheless, her five-day, 13-city "Travel...
Black American have long believed that equality cannot be complete without the opportunity to acquire a high-quality education free from barriers. The road to...
A Detroit businessman accused of defrauding the city of hundreds of thousands of dollars pleaded guilty on Friday to most of the charges in the case. The plea...
Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday emphasized the importance of creating hip, cool cities in Michigan that will bring young adults to urban areas. Granholm said...
The mayor's younger brother, Ajene Kilpatrick, spent a night in police custody this weekend on a domestic violence charge. Ajene Kilpatrick, 27, was arraigned...
Faster than you can say Monica Lewinsky, Democratic presidential candidates are embracing former President Clinton and his economic record. They are just as...
Kwame Kilpatrick splits the crowd on the Grand Hotel porch like some sort of funky Moses. He's the star this weekend, the one everybody's whispering about, the...
As some of the hysteria that immediately followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has subsided, a growing number of communities, scholars and others are...
The skyrocketing cost of health care is one of the toughest challenges facing Ford Motor Co., chairman and CEO Bill Ford Jr. said Friday. Ford told the Detroit...
Entering a hairpin turn at 50 miles an hour near the red rocks of Sedona, Ariz., General Motors Corp. product czar Bob Lutz encouraged the driver to do "what's...
When you plop down in front of your 3D megascreen TV a decade from now and think all the news sounds the same, thank Michael Powell. The FCC chairman is about...
The local architectural firm that created some of the Detroit area's most prominent structures has been chosen to design a good chunk of the city's riverfront....
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may have left his security detail at home, but Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson didn't. Spoofing the mayor and his...
On a clear, sunny Saturday after a wet, cold Friday, organizers wondered whether an afternoon panel on health care taking place at the Detroit Regional...
Awash in movers and shakers Most of Michigan's movers and shakers were holed up for the Detroit Regional Chamber's annual leadership conference and networking...
The union representing thousands of Detroit cops is considering advising officers to take confidential information about corruption and other police misconduct...
Under siege back home, Kwame Kilpatrick found welcome respite Friday at the Grand Hotel where business and political leaders lined up to embrace the embattled...
William Clay Ford Jr., the chairman of Ford Motor Co., is frightened. Ford told the Detroit Regional Chamber's annual Leadership Policy Conference on Friday...
he creation of a publicly operated health authority that would handle the care of Wayne County's poor and uninsured is expected to be formed by the end of the...
Only a few actors offer work so compelling that I try to see their every performance. Morgan Freeman, this nation's greatest living actor, is one. Kevin Kline...
I am one of the 240 million Americans who have health insurance, yet my access to health care services, and the health of my community, are affected by the...
