Alexa Stanard
Possible Obama veep visiting Michigan today
Tuesday has turned out to be a day of lady love for Barack Obama.
The Lone Star State taking important cue from Detroit Zoo?
Might there be the beginning of a trend — which started in Detroit – to remove elephants from display in zoos around the world?
U.S. immigrant detainee system a shameful tragedy
On Wednesday, The New York Times told the story of Hiu Lui Ng, a computer engineer and immigrant from Hong Kong living in New York for the past 15 years, detained and denied health care until his death.
Michigan’s jobless rate still staggeringly high
This weekend is the Dream Cruise, the annual car event along Woodward Avenue that brings about 1 million people into metro Detroit for one Saturday in August. Since I live a half-block from Woodward in Royal Oak, I watch the excitement and energy build every day. At night, the avenue is thronged with car lovers [...]
Four-day work weeks gaining popularity in Michigan
Who would have predicted that spiraling oil prices plus cash-strapped organizations would equal a three-day weekend?
Tuesday Chrysler announced it has asked the United Auto Workers to agree to four-day work weeks at many of its manufacturing plants in a bid to cut costs, with workers clocking in 10 hours each day. The automaker joins Ford, [...]
McCain to tap Michigan’s deep pockets
Presumed Republican nominee John McCain will arrive in Michigan on Wednesday for a fund-raising blitz and a campaign appearance with independent Sen. Joe Lieberman.
McCain will hold three fund-raising events Wednesday — two high-end soirees in Birmingham, at the Townsend Hotel and Big Rock Chophouse, and one at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield, aimed [...]
Metro Detroiters pull together to support zoo
The Detroit Zoo has dodged the bullet that seemed to have dead-on aim just two years ago
McCain returning to Michigan
Just one day after visiting the state, news that Sen. John McCain would return to Michigan next week leaked out.
McCain plans to visit Michigan for back-to-back big-ticket fund-raisers on Aug. 13, according to the Detroit Free Press. Both are scheduled to be held in Birmingham, in McCain’s stronghold of Oakland County, at the Big Rock [...]
Anti-choice Republican looking to flip swing seat in Michigan House
Monroe County loves the ladies: Democrat Kate Ebli, one of the county’s two female state representatives, will face Republican Jean Dahm in November.
Dahm, a former registered nurse who now owns a tech company with her three sons, won her primary Tuesday against Bob Beadles by a 2-1 margin. Ebli was unchallenged.
McCain conceding nothing in Michigan
Apparently determined to let no visit by his opponent go unchallenged, Sen. John McCain descended on Michigan today just one day after Sen. Barack Obama visited the state’s capital.