Detroit journalist Charlie LeDuff, whose recent book, “Detroit: An American Autopsy,” offers a streetwise view of crime, corruption and hidden heroism in his hometown, has one fan in high places: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. Snyder read the book and now...
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Detroit ‘Autopsy:’ Suggested Reading
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The General Motors (GM) world headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit’s ’24 Olympics Bid: Never Mind
Scratch the 2024 Olympic Games from Detroit’s list of concerns. Mayor Dave Bing announced that the Motor City can’t afford to host an event that would require at least $3 billion to operate. Detroit’s deficit hit nearly $327 million in...
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Haley Barbour
Barbour: Dividing Electoral Votes Wrong
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour is not a supporter of Republican proposals to allocate electoral votes in some states by congressional district rather than winner-take-all. “I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he says in an interview on...
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Myrtle Nora arranges flag buntings outside the Capitol prior to the second inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington.
Washington Wages: Leading the Nation
Guess where pay in the U.S. is up the most over the past decade. Guessed Washington? Guessed right. From 2001 through 2011, the average annual wages in the nation’s capital rose by 4.1 percent a year — from $49,420 a...
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Sen. Daniel Inouye holds up a photo of himself on July 31, 1987 in Washington.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 19,478
That’s how many days the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat who died Dec. 17, served in Congress. Inouye entered the House of Representatives when Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959. He was elected to the Senate in 1962...
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Michigan State Police in riot gear push back protestors who are blocking a street during a rally at the state Capitol to protest a vote on Right-to-Work legislation on Dec. 11, 2012 in Lansing.
Michigan’s Snyder Less Popular After Right-to-Work Bill
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s popularity has taken a beating since he backed a right-to-work bill during the legislature’s recent lame duck session. Republican Snyder’s approval rating dipped to 38 percent, with 56 percent of voters disapproving of his job performance,...
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Demonstrators crowd in to the rotunda inside the Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, on Dec. 11, 2012.
Union Member: `Civil War’ in Michigan’s Right to Work Debate
As an estimated 10,000 people surrounded the Michigan Statehouse today, an Americans for Prosperity white tent was ripped down and tables overturned, with supporters of labor awaiting action on right-to-work laws inside. The Capitol in Lansing was ringed with protestors,...
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President Barack Obama during a tour of the Daimler Detroit Diesel Plant in Redford, Michigan, on Dec. 10, 2012, prior to speaking on the economy and fiscal cliff negotiations.
Obama: `Won’t Compromise’ on Taxes for the Highest-Earners
“I want us to bring down our deficits, but I want to do it in a balanced and responsible way,” the president said today at a truck engine manufacturing plant in Michigan. The president was addressing United Auto Workers members...
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Camp: `Comprehensive’ Deal Sought
President Barack Obama has given House Republicans an opening: While protecting the tax rates for 98 percent of Americans at year’s end, allow the rates for top-earners to rise to pre-Bush levels and then return in the next session of...
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Volunteer Nsombe Iamodou works the phone bank at the campaign headquarters of President Barack Obama in Detroit the day before the election, on Nov. 5, 2012.
Michigan: Obama Would Have Won Without Detroit
President Barack Obama’s bid for votes in Detroit could have gone bankrupt in the Nov. 6 election. He still would have beaten Republican Mitt Romney in Michigan. In fact, the president would have won Michigan excluding all of Wayne County,...
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