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.
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Flipper Peters for Senate
“Peters has always presented himself as a reasonable business candidate, even as he votes left,” says Michigan political analyst Bill Ballenger. “It’s a total sham.”
Snyder's faith-based governance
Snyder governance is more of a faith-based initiative requiring voters to reject facts and rely on his usual aplomb.
Charter school brings new life to old Detroit
University Prep Science and Math is opening an elementary school here this fall in the renovated, historic Miller High School.
Detroit: Top 3 most dangerous neighborhoods in America
Instead of screaming about the out-of-towners who’ve dared insult Detroit, direct that outrage inward.
Media misquote State Superintendent Flanagan
I was at the Governor’s Summit. I scratched my head because I knew that wasn’t what Flanagan had meant-or even said.
NAACP dinner: Pelosi for The Minority Youth Unemployment Act
Pelosi stepped to the Detroit podium to advocate increase in the minimum wage to $9, a policy so destructive it’s been dubbed “The Minority Youth Unemployment Act.”
Mayor Bing’s dark horse candidacy
The mayor, through the power of incumbency, could be the dark horse who overcame the odds.
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.
How capitalism is killing educational achievement
It is the very capitalism that Republicans hold up as the answer to our lagging test scores that is the problem.