
Detroit Mayor Bing will not seek re-election
Dave Bing's time in the turbulence of Detroit, its politics and immense urban problems will end after only four years. Buffeted from day one by a ...

Bing won't seek re-election as Detroit mayor
A visibly frustrated Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced Tuesday that he won't seek a second term and ripped Michigan officials for not giving him ...

Defiance, tenderness, wariness in wake of Boston
A Virginia woman makes a point to get out and go jogging. A Texas mom stays in and snuggles her toddler a little closer. A nurse from Massachusetts ...

Detroit council appeals fiscal emergency finding
Detroit City Council members on Tuesday made a longshot appeal of the state's declaration that the city has no adequate plan to fix its fiscal crisis, ...

No. 1 Indiana beats No. 4 Michigan State 72-68
Indiana has gone from good to great, and Michigan State coach Tom Izzo thinks he knows how the Hoosiers have done it. Victor Oladipo. "He makes them ...

No. 1 Indiana in showdown at No. 4 Michigan State
Tom Izzo put it best. "It doesn't get any better or bigger than this," the Michigan State coach said. Izzo's fourth-ranked Spartans will host the No.

Big Ten biggie: No. 8 Mich St hosts No. 4 Michigan
For the first time in the history of the series, Michigan and Michigan State will play each other while ranked among the top 10. Bragging rights won't ...

Clock ticks down for decision on Detroit finances
Detroit's fiscal future could soon be out of its hands if a team of state officials determines that the nation's former auto and manufacturing giant ...
Michigan Senate OKs new emergency manager bill
The Republican-led Michigan Legislature cleared the way Thursday for GOP Gov. Rick Snyder to sign a replacement for an emergency manager law struck ...

Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task
Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members ...

Mich. becomes right-to-work state despite protests
In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work ...

Mich. House approves right-to-work limiting unions
The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds ...

Solid evidence elusive in right-to-work debate
Gov. Rick Snyder says one reason he supports right-to-work legislation in Michigan is the economic boost a similar law has given Indiana, although ...

Unions vow political payback for right-to-work law
With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as ...

Unions prepare for protest at Michigan Capitol
More than 200 activists attended training Saturday in preparation for a protest at the Michigan Capitol, where lawmakers are putting the final touches ...

Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-work
In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible ...