Apple: Latest target of Carl Levin's outrageously outraged outrage
Since Levin is retiring from the Senate next year, here’s an idea: Maybe he could open a store.
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Hawaii junket: Too bad Detroit pension board members didn't use 'attendance justification tool kit'
If you’re going to take a $20,000 trip to Hawaii on an insolvent city’s dime, you sure enough need to do a good job of justifying it. Considering the hot water in which four Detroit pension board members now find themselves with emergency manager Kevyn Orr. I’m guessing they failed to take advantage of the … Continue Reading →
Leaving so soon, Detroit politicians?
The departure of the Status Quo Crew means Detroit voters can start fresh.
DOE foreclosure dooms company it propped up with $50M loan
So how did the federal investment in VPG enhance the viability of compressed natural gas? It’s hard to see a way.
Evil in Cleveland
None of us can really get inside the mind of a monster like Ariel Castro, and honestly I don’t care to.
AP taunts GOP: You can't make us turn on Hillary, suckers
You know how scandals go. It has nothing to do with the facts. It’s not a scandal unless the media decides to treat it as a scandal.
No-fault auto insurance needs reform - but a $1M benefits cap isn't it
The only logical place for catastrophic auto injury victims to go once their insurance benefits are used up is Medicaid, which is being expanded under ObamaCare.
Bing upset Orr is not taking his advice - which is kind of the idea
It’s pretty rich for Dave Bing to go to the media bellyaching about the fact that Orr isn’t listening to him on how to fix Detroit.
Nice duds from Washington fail to fix Detroit jobs problem
An federal grant was supposed to buy decent clothes for 400 Detroit job seekers. How did that work out? Not too well.
Oh, no! Snyder team discussing school improvement without asking the media first
Skunk works are not too common in government, where people can scarcely blow their nose without posting a notice pursuant to the Open Meetings Act.