Plan to improve DPS gives Snyder, Duggan more control over Detroit’s education
Gov. Snyder and Mayor Duggan would gain more control of DPS under new legislation.
DOJ complaint: School officials ignored warnings about Charles Pugh seducing students
DPS officials are accused of ignoring numerous complaints that Charles Pugh was preying on students.
Mayor Duggan loses cool when asked if he’s running for governor
In 2012, Duggan tried to quash rumors that he was running for mayor when he moved from Livonia to Detroit.
Sen. Virgil Smith dodged 3rd drunken driving charge despite high BAC
Just nine months before former state Rep. Virgil Smith won a Senate seat in Lansing in 2010, his life was about to fall apart.
Video: Gay man harassed outside Fire Mountain restaurant in Lansing
A Lansing man wants to know why Fire Mountain restaurant didn’t do more after a heckler shouted gay slurs at him while he and his friends walked to their cars following dinner.
E-mails: Ex-Treasurer Dillon had cozy relationship with firm that gave him job
The firm, Conway MacKenzie, hired Dillon after he was forced to resign as treasurer. Dillon helped the firm land a lucrative contract to help handle Detroit’s financial troubles.
Embattled ex-state treasurer lands job with key Detroit bankruptcy consultant
Then-Treasurer Andy Dillon played a role in securing a lucrative contract for the Birmingham-based business, where he now works.
New website offers objective news, views on marijuana in Michigan
More than a dozen writers will evaluate dispensaries, co-ops, caregivers and others who provide marijuana to patients, in addition to reporting on pot news.
Lawmakers continue assault on Michigan’s medical marijuana law
The latest bill prohibits tenants from smoking or growing pot in their own apartment.
Plan: Restore Detroit Boat Club, transform into boutique hotel
A Hong Kong-based investor wants to return the historic jewel on Belle Isle back to its original beauty and create a boutique hotel with 100 to 120 rooms and restaurants.