http://www.mail.com/people/2830-rick-snyder.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/people/2830-rick-snyder.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088792-who-wants-to-detroit-mayor-22-candidates.html DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's next mayor will inherit a city low on cash and an office low on power, yet nearly two dozen candidates are seeking the job anyway. In announcing he won't seek a second term, Mayor Dave Bing slammed Michigan officials for ceding most of his power to an emergency manager who currently controls almost every aspect of City Hall, from ... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:26:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088792-who-wants-to-detroit-mayor-22-candidates.html 2013-05-15T22:26:26Z 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/politics/2081132-detroit-broke-bankruptcy-lie-ahead.html DETROIT (AP) — The first report by Detroit's emergency manager declares that the city is broke and at risk of running completely out of money — a financial meltdown that could mean employees don't get paid, retirees lose their pensions and residents endure even deeper cuts in municipal services. If Detroit cannot avert disaster by reducing its debt paymen... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:25:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081132-detroit-broke-bankruptcy-lie-ahead.html 2013-05-13T22:25:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1986844-texas-sex-offenders-sight-rare-policy-win.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Four convicted sex offenders huddled in a busy hallway at the Texas Capitol, congratulating each other for going public and testifying against a bill that would plaster their criminal past on their Facebook profiles. As expected, not everyone was moved by their objections. "I don't feel bad for the guys that came in here whining," Rep... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:22:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1986844-texas-sex-offenders-sight-rare-policy-win.html 2013-03-29T18:22:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1985286-mich-right-to-work-effects-will-delayed.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A right-to-work law is on the books in Michigan, a mainstay of organized labor, but those considering opting out of paying union dues will have to wait months or years to do so. The law, which lets workers choose not to pay to the unions that bargain on their behalf, applies to labor contracts that are extended or renewed starting Th... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:17:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1985286-mich-right-to-work-effects-will-delayed.html 2013-03-28T22:17:16Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1981612-michigan-regulate-amateur-mma-fights.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jerry "The Moose" Waterson fulfilled a dream last month by stepping into the ring for his first professional mixed martial arts fight, which he won. His passion has become his full-time job, requiring 40 hours a week of training. But it took the 24-year-old Waterson four years of punching, kicking and grappling his way through Michig... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1981612-michigan-regulate-amateur-mma-fights.html 2013-03-27T16:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976512-detroit-manager-to-listen-then-assess-priorities.html DETROIT (AP) — A bankruptcy lawyer and turnaround expert tasked with reviving Detroit's beleaguered finances could be greeted by a crowd of protesters as he arrives at work Monday, then plans to spend his first day meeting with some city officials who for months fought against creating his job at all. Kevyn Orr is under no illusions that he'll be treated ... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:12:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976512-detroit-manager-to-listen-then-assess-priorities.html 2013-03-24T17:12:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1956504-relevance-detroit-officials-managers-hands.html DETROIT (AP) — What role Detroit's elected leaders will play in the city's fiscal crisis is now up to a Washington, D.C., lawyer appointed by the governor to turn things around. Detroit's emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, says he wants to work with the City Council and the mayor, though many in Detroit see the state takeover as stripping away the voice of the... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:51:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1956504-relevance-detroit-officials-managers-hands.html 2013-03-15T21:51:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1953666-census-record-1-3-us-counties-dying.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of U.S. counties — more than 1 in 3 — are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs and build families elsewhere. New 2012 census estimates released Thursday highlight the population shifts as the U.S. encounters its most sluggish growth levels since... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:17:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1953666-census-record-1-3-us-counties-dying.html 2013-03-14T22:17:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955104-bankruptcy-expert-named-detroit-emergency-manager.html DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's governor appointed an auto-industry turnaround expert Thursday to steer Detroit back from the brink of ruin. The one-time symbol of America's industrial might became the biggest U.S. city to be placed under state financial control. Kevyn Orr, a partner in the Cleveland-based law firm of Jones Day who represented Chrysler during i... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:04:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955104-bankruptcy-expert-named-detroit-emergency-manager.html 2013-03-14T22:04:54Z 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/news/politics/1945950-ex-detroit-mayor-convicted-jailed-until-sentence.html DETROIT (AP) — Jurors in a city buffeted by financial crisis convicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on corruption charges Monday, capping a five-month trial that exposed a brazen pay-to-play culture during his years in office while the distressed city lost jobs and people and veered toward insolvency. Kilpatrick could face more than 10 years in p... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:32:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1945950-ex-detroit-mayor-convicted-jailed-until-sentence.html 2013-03-11T22:32:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941300-levins-retirement-gop-rare-shot-senate.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's decision not to seek another term gives Michigan Republicans the chance to prove they can win a Senate election, while Democrats are left scrambling to keep a seat that has not been closely contested since the Detroit Tigers last won the World Series in 1984. Levin's announcement is expected to spark a frenzy o... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:36:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941300-levins-retirement-gop-rare-shot-senate.html 2013-03-08T23:36:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1941430-bings-legacy-clouded-emergency-manager-threat.html DETROIT (AP) — In basketball and in business, Dave Bing never side-stepped a challenge. But the overwhelming weight of Detroit's financial problems and other troubles faced by the former manufacturing hub have convinced the former NBA great, steel supply company founder and first-term mayor that he may have to pass control of the city over to the state. ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:43:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1941430-bings-legacy-clouded-emergency-manager-threat.html 2013-03-08T18:43:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1927210-who-will-take-job-fixing-detroits-finances.html DETROIT (AP) — It appears the appointment of an emergency manager to take over Detroit's failing finances is all but a done deal. But one question remains: Who will get the difficult, thankless job? Gov. Rick Snyder is being coy about his selection, saying only the person is "top notch." Michigan's Emergency Loan Board will do the official hiring of the c... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:02:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1927210-who-will-take-job-fixing-detroits-finances.html 2013-03-02T18:02:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906954-snyder-people-turning-detroit-job.html DETROIT (AP) — Some people are already telling Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder that they don't want the job of fixing Detroit's financial woes, even before he's decided whether he's even going to appoint an emergency manager, Snyder said. The Republican governor made it clear Thursday during a media round table that he's still considering a review team's report... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906954-snyder-people-turning-detroit-job.html 2013-02-21T23:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901642-review-team-detroit-financial-emergency.html DETROIT (AP) — A state-appointed review team has determined Detroit is in a financial emergency, paving the way for Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to appoint an emergency manager who would need to come up with a new plan to get the city out of its fiscal crisis. The team released its findings Tuesday, saying in a report to Snyder that "no satisfactory plan e... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:37:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901642-review-team-detroit-financial-emergency.html 2013-02-19T23:37:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878502-switch-gop-governors-expanding-medicaid.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration's new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into parts of the system as the financial realities of their states' medical costs begin to counterbalance the fierce election politics of the issue. This week, Michigan's Rick Snyder became ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878502-switch-gop-governors-expanding-medicaid.html 2013-02-08T21:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853766-ex-michigan-justice-pleads-guilty-to-bank-fraud.html ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan Supreme Court justice pleaded guilty to bank fraud Tuesday for concealing assets, including a Florida home she and her husband owned, while urging a bank to let her unload a Michigan house in a short sale, claiming financial hardship. Diane Hathaway could face up to 18 months in prison under the terms of her deal ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853766-ex-michigan-justice-pleads-guilty-to-bank-fraud.html 2013-01-29T20:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830552-feds-follow-business-backing-detroit-rail.html DETROIT (AP) — The federal government committed $25 million Friday to build a streetcar line through the heart of Detroit, putting in place the last piece of a plan bringing light rail to one of the few urban centers still without it. The rest of the $140 million tab for the 3.3-mile streetcar line along Woodward Avenue will be funded by a public-private ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830552-feds-follow-business-backing-detroit-rail.html 2013-01-18T21:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829268-gop-eyes-election-laws.html BOSTON (AP) — After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier for them to win. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, GOP officials who control legislatures in states that supported President Barack Obama are considering changing state laws that give the winner of a state's popular vote all of its Elec... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829268-gop-eyes-election-laws.html 2013-01-18T14:20:00Z 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/business/finance/1805578-tax-cut-plans-tempered-caution-2013.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Emboldened by big majorities and eager to lure businesses, Republican legislators and governors across the Midwest and South are planning to pursue hundreds of millions of dollars of tax cuts in the new year. Oh yeah, they might raise some taxes, too. In many states, the exuberance to cut taxes during the 2013 legislative sessio... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1805578-tax-cut-plans-tempered-caution-2013.html 2013-01-08T11:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1792860-column-gun-debate-revives-enduring-american-fight.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of a new year, a libertarian strain pulses through America — a get-government-out-of-my-personal-life sensibility that cuts across ideologies and is driven by a younger generation's cultural attitudes. We've seen it in gay-marriage legalization and marijuana decriminalization. And in the fact that, four decades after Roe v. Wa... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1792860-column-gun-debate-revives-enduring-american-fight.html 2012-12-31T22:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1788888-mich-governor-signs-emergency-manager-law.html DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder put a new emergency manager law on the books in Michigan on Thursday, weeks after voters repealed a version that gave sweeping powers to a single person to overhaul financially distressed communities. The new law, passed by a Republican-controlled Legislature, will give local governments and ailing school districts the oppo... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1788888-mich-governor-signs-emergency-manager-law.html 2012-12-27T22:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781128-gun-control-debate-heating-up-statehouses.html ATLANTA (AP) — As President Barack Obama urges tighter federal gun laws, state legislators around the country have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a flurry of their own ideas that are likely to produce fights over gun control in their upcoming sessions. There is momentum in two strongly Democratic states to tighten already-strict gun law... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781128-gun-control-debate-heating-up-statehouses.html 2012-12-21T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778474-texas-town-allows-teachers-to-carry-concealed-guns.html HARROLD, Texas (AP) — In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don't give much thought to safety at the community's lone school — mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons. In remote Harrold, the nearest sheriff's office is 30 minutes away, and people tend to know — and trust — one another. So the school board voted to ... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778474-texas-town-allows-teachers-to-carry-concealed-guns.html 2012-12-21T00:32:00Z