As the water crisis has unfolded in Flint over the past few months, there has been an enormous amount of finger pointing and blame shifting going around. Just this week, Darnell Earley wrote an op-ed piece for The Detroit News absolving himself of any of that blame, despite …read more … Continue reading →
DETROIT – More than $32 million in federal funds are headed to Detroit and Flint, allowing both cities to continue demolishing vacant houses. …read more … Continue reading →
The picture above is a screenshot of a Detroit Free Press article published yesterday. In the article, Gov. Snyder paints on an optimistic smile and says he’s confident that there is “strong momentum” for something getting done on road funding, despite a half decade of failed efforts on …read more … Continue reading →
LANSING, Michigan – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which has faced criticism for its handling of Flint’s problems with lead in drinking water, has shelved a proposal to spend up to $100,000 to develop its brand. …read more … Continue reading →
FLINT, Michigan – Congressman Dan Kildee is holding a telephone town hall for Flint residents featuring experts who can discuss the city’s water problems. …read more … Continue reading →
Steve Ingersoll has become the face of charter school operators scamming Michigan taxpayers by siphoning tax dollars intended for education into their own personal bank accounts. Ingersoll founded and operated the Bay City Academy in Bay City and the Grand Traverse Academy in Grand Traverse County. Last spring <a class="colorbox" … Continue reading →
The third quarter is already shaping up to be a difficult one for publicly traded hospital chains, and the full picture will begin to take shape this week as earnings season begins. …read more … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote about a report from the Center for Media and Democracy that showed how 25 proposed charter schools in Michigan received $1.7 million in tax dollars but never actually opened. It turns out that one of those schools was the Detroit College Preparatory Academy, the brainchild …read more … Continue reading →
FLINT, Michigan – Newly released documents detail discipline for a state trooper involved in crash during a chase in Flint that killed a 64-year-old woman and severely injured two others. …read more … Continue reading →
DETROIT – Officials in Michigan are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to answer questions about its oversight of state environmental regulators after elevated blood-lead levels were found in children whose Flint homes received river water. …read more … Continue reading →