http://www.mail.com/locations/103624-lansing.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/103624-lansing.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2086636-detroit-mayor-bing-will-seek-re-election.html DETROIT (AP) — 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 multimillion-dollar budget deficit, inefficient internal systems and the need for massive restructuring, the former NBA great announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election and will exit City Hall... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:22:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2086636-detroit-mayor-bing-will-seek-re-election.html 2013-05-15T07:22:25Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2084786-bing-wont-seek-re-election-detroit-mayor.html DETROIT (AP) — 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 enough time to solve the financially strapped city's problems on his own. His announcement came just seven weeks after the city's checkbook was handed over to an emergency manager, making it the la... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:29:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2084786-bing-wont-seek-re-election-detroit-mayor.html 2013-05-14T22:29:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026664-defiance-tenderness-wariness-wake-boston.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 looks over her shoulder more often while touring D.C. Strains of defiance, tenderness and wariness are interwoven as Americans are forced to do some post-9-11 rebalancing in the aftermath of ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:12:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026664-defiance-tenderness-wariness-wake-boston.html 2013-04-17T21:12:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1948898-detroit-council-appeals-fiscal-emergency-finding.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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, arguing that more time is needed to implement a budget-cutting deal reached with the state less than a year ago. "Stay the course. A deal's a deal," David Whitaker, the city council's ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:00:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1948898-detroit-council-appeals-fiscal-emergency-finding.html 2013-03-12T18:00:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1902190-no-1-indiana-beats-no-4-michigan-72-68.html EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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 better," Izzo said. Oladipo shook off a sprained left ankle with a spectacular performance to lift top-ranked Indiana to a 72-68 win over the fourth-ranked Spartans on Tuesday night... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1902190-no-1-indiana-beats-no-4-michigan-72-68.html 2013-02-20T08:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1899744-no-1-indiana-showdown-no-4-michigan.html EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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. 1 Indiana Hoosiers — led by his former assistant and good friend, Tom Crean. Tuesday night's game marks the first time two top-five teams have met at the Breslin Center. ... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:42:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1899744-no-1-indiana-showdown-no-4-michigan.html 2013-02-18T21:42:50Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1885488-big-ten-biggie-no-8-mich-st-hosts-no-4-michigan.html EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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 be the only thing at stake Tuesday night when the eighth-ranked Spartans (20-4, 9-2 Big Ten) host the fourth-ranked Wolverines (21-3, 8-3) in the first matchup of 20-win teams in ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1885488-big-ten-biggie-no-8-mich-st-hosts-no-4-michigan.html 2013-02-12T07:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813260-clock-ticks-decision-detroit-finances.html DETROIT (AP) — 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 is so firmly entrenched in a financial emergency that it cannot climb out on its own. Mayor Dave Bing, who has been dead-set against state oversight, said earlier this week that results of a mo... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813260-clock-ticks-decision-detroit-finances.html 2013-01-11T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765724-michigan-senate-oks-emergency-manager-bill.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature cleared the way Thursday for GOP Gov. Rick Snyder to sign a replacement for an emergency manager law struck down by voters, delivering another punch to Democrats still reeling from this week's rapid passage of right-to-work legislation limiting unions' power. On the final hours of the legislati... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765724-michigan-senate-oks-emergency-manager-bill.html 2012-12-14T04:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1762476-right-to-work-law-michigan-unions-task.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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 to continue paying for their services instead of taking them for free. Brushing aside protests from thousands of labor supporters, the Republican-controlled state House approved measur... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1762476-right-to-work-law-michigan-unions-task.html 2012-12-12T22:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760382-mich-right-to-work-despite-protests.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work state, leaving outgunned Democrats and union activists with little recourse but to shake their fists and seek retribution at the ballot box. The state House swiftly approved two bills redu... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760382-mich-right-to-work-despite-protests.html 2012-12-12T16:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757598-mich-house-approves-right-to-work-limiting-unions.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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 of protesters rallied at the Capitol. The Republican-dominated chamber passed a measure dealing with public-sector workers 58-51 as protesters shouted "shame on you" from the gallery an... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757598-mich-house-approves-right-to-work-limiting-unions.html 2012-12-11T16:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1756440-solid-evidence-elusive-right-to-work-debate.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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 officials have provided no conclusive evidence that the policy by itself has drawn new businesses to the state next door. It's an example of the flurry of claims supporters and opponents w... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1756440-solid-evidence-elusive-right-to-work-debate.html 2012-12-11T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754480-unions-vow-political-payback-right-to-work-law.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as uncomfortable as possible for Gov. Rick Snyder and his Republican allies while laying the groundwork to seek payback at the polls. Shellshocked opponents of the laws spent the weekend mapping stra... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754480-unions-vow-political-payback-right-to-work-law.html 2012-12-09T23:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753614-unions-prepare-protest-michigan-capitol.html DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — More than 200 activists attended training Saturday in preparation for a protest at the Michigan Capitol, where lawmakers are putting the final touches on legislation that would allow workers to stop paying union dues. Between chants, cheers and applause, organizers warned those at the training to be prepared for insults and obstruct... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753614-unions-prepare-protest-michigan-capitol.html 2012-12-09T00:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1750286-mich-legislators-defy-unions-right-to-work.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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 dream: making the labor bastion of Michigan a right-to-work state. The GOP majority used its superior numbers and backing from Gov. Rick Snyder to ramrod legislation through the House and S... 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