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Recession slowed ‘job sprawl’ in West Michigan, Brookings Institution study finds
Centralization of jobs is positive for region, say study authors.
Saginaw County’s Nexteer Automotive gets state tax credit extension for new jobs
Nexteer received a tax credit to create 325 additional jobs, but that credit was due to expire. The state announced Wednesday, May 22, that it would extend the credit to… Read more
ACO closing 14 hardware stores in Michigan, including 5 in Metro Detroit
DETROIT, MI – Farmington Hills-based ACO Home, Garden & Hardware is closing 14 under-performing stores across the state, the company announced Wednesday. Five of the closing stores are Metro Detroit… Read more
Shinola’s Detroit flagship store opens in Midtown next month
Company president Jacques Panis confirmed the opening date Wednesday, as he reaffirmed the company’s commitment to returning manufacturing to Detroit and to the United States in general.
Overpaid for e-books? Michigan among states to settle with Penguin Group in price-fixing lawsuit
Penguin Group (USA) Inc. announced it reached a settlement with several state attorneys general, the fifth and final book publisher to settle in the antitrust case.
Congressman Peters to again urge investigation into impact of petroleum coke as it piles up along Detroit River
U.S. Rep. Gary Peters will urge an investigation into the health and environmental impact of coking byproducts Wednesday on the House Floor, as the legislative body prepares to vote on… Read more
Teacher ‘pay for performance’ bill approved by House panel over opposition from educators
House Bill 4625 requires school districts to use student performance as the primary factor in setting teacher salaries, not experience or advanced education.
Gov. Rick Snyder discusses Medicaid expansion, other topics during Washington trip
Medicaid expansion is not expected to be reflected in budget bills that state lawmakers will vote on soon.
See which companies got part of nearly $16 million in incentives to add 1,100 jobs in Michigan
The planned projects represent about $173 million in investment in cities including Detroit, Traverse City, Fenton, Battle Creek, Marysville and others.
Thursday arraignment set for parents of 1-year-old drowning victim on second-degree murder, child abuse charges
A woman answering the phone at her father’s home in the Davison area would not give her name but said, “Callie is a very loving mother and she would never… Read more
L. Brooks Patterson says the ‘scorched-earth’ method of emergency management is working
“You look back, it’s like Sherman going through Georgia. Civil War. Scorched Earth.”
With state Rep. Rudy Hobbs running for Congress, Michigan House Democrats name new floor leader
Michigan state Rep. Rudy Hobbs is running for Congress, and state Rep. David Rutledge is stepping up to take his place as Democratic floor leader in the House.
Alumni and parents protest changes to Northwestern High School
Over thirty alumni and parents gathered in front of Northwestern High School in Detroit, Tuesday afternoon, to protest the changes happening at the school.
Kwame Kilpatrick, Bobby Ferguson to appear in federal court Thursday
Imprisoned in the Federal Correctional Institution of Milan since March 11, ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is not sitting by idly.
Commercial building fire sent smoke and debris flying over I-75 in southwest Detroit
A commercial building fire sent smoke and debris flying over I-75 in Southwest Detroit on the 600 block of Deacon and Pleasant St.
Flint’s Angelo’s Coney Island makes Huffington Post’s list of food destinations
We’re talking a place where you not only get the iconic Flint coney, complete with the “sauce” that’s really just more greasy meat, but where you can order side of… Read more
Wristbands to be distributed for Darren Criss’ free Sonic Lunch show in Ann Arbor
Sonic Lunch organizers have posted information about distributing wristbands – which will act as general admission tickets – for the upcoming Darren Criss (with special guest Theo Katzman) show at… Read more
