Now that philanthropist Bob Thompson is open to reconsidering his aborted $= 200 million gift for schools in Detroit, the city school administration is w= ...
Rose Thompson Morton remembers the moment she knew she would begin looking. It was six years ago and her brother Charles had just given her a picture he'd...
Editor's Note: This column uses a racial epithet that the Free Press usually would not publish. However, it is integral to the point of the column. Nearly 45...
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy last week read the names of this year's 53 homicide victims in Detroit. Twenty-seven were under 30. But you didn't see...
"For God so loved the world, He didn't send a committee." — Dick Thibodeau,= 2004 That quip, only partially tongue-in-cheek, reflects Dick Thibodeau's c= ...
Patricia Ulman's classroom is filled with preschoolers covered in shaving c= ream and salt. The household products are part of the students' work time, w= here...
Citing fatigue and disruption of family life, a Detroit police union asked a judge Friday to halt the newly implemented 12-hour shifts for patrol officers. But...
"I personally do not support gay marriage. I think that marriage is between a woman and a man." DETROIT MAYOR KWAME KILPATRICK, on "Real Time with Bill Maher"...
The Detroit Municipal Parking Department will announce today that it is planning to crack down on ticket scofflaws, who owe $30 million in fines, late fees and...
Legislature to get competing plans to resolve Detroit-Wayne mental health s= ervice feud
By Gregg Krupa / The Detroit News What's next * Sen. Beverly...
Sanford Eisenberg hit the jackpot Sunday while playing a slot machine at th= e Greektown Casino — and he was upset. Eisenberg of Southfield was among a h= ...
Law turns up heat on students, teachers Michigan students face more tests, heightened pressure to succeed and a greater chance of having their schools labeled...
Former deputy mayor says 'I know there are some shortfalls, some priorities= not being set.'
By Nolan Finley / The Detroit News Freman Hendrix Age: 53...
Freep February 29, 2004 The Legislature can help public schools meet their educational mission by making it easier to teach GED classes to recent dropouts. The...
Pay attention: DPS receives some $3 million each year from foundations, but Burnley says other potential donors are withholding grants partly to see how city...
Officials at the Detroit newspaper agency that distributes the areas two major papers announced Friday that layoffs would be necessary, Local 4's Derricke...
Good point. I actually think that it was wise, as well as surprising, for = the mayor to support Buzz thomas' compromise bill. My biggest objection to = the...
I really do like Mr. Hendrix and his former boss: Archer. But the choice is still not difficult for me.I simply think that it is time that we give the "new...
Two new features depend on readers The Detroit News http://www.detnews.com/2004/metro/0403/01/c01-78264.htm The Detroit News is introducing two new features in...
Monday, March 1, 2004 David Guralnick / The Detroit News Construction continues on a bridge near Nevada Street over Interstate 75 in Detroit. Caution: Roadwork...
Know this: "They" have never been scared. "They" have never lost control of this area. "They" just do not want to live anywhere "They" have to share power....
I just got back from a week long cruise of the western carribean, so I have a lot to catch up on. Bear with me as I may be a little late with some of my...
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,United States ... The 5-4 vote Friday came three days after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick urged City Council in his State of the City...
WireTap.com - USA ... But he's not the only hip-hop politician out there. In 2001, Kwame Kilpatrick was elected mayor of Detroit. The self-proclaimed "Mayor of...
By JANNY SCOTT February 28, 2004, The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/nyregion/28employ.html?ex=1078988640&ei=1&en=9ecbcc04e05ae3f6 It is well...
Despite the budget crunch that pulled all state funding from a project to provide every sixth-grader in Michigan with a free laptop computer, a stripped-down...
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"For God so loved the world, He didn't send a committee." I LOVE THIS QUOTE I also heard a similar one: "No one ever built a status honoring a committee" (or...
I disagree that black women are scaring off black men. I am a single professional black male, college educated, active in my community, heterosexual male. What...
