Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

VIDEO: Financial crisis hits home in Detroit

Financial advisers, clergy, university staffers, mail carriers, real estate agents all have their opinions on how it hurts, what’s to blame and which candidate can help

Kilpatrick bests Waters in Detroit congressional primary

At 1:00 a.m. Wednesday, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick declared victory in the 13th Congressional District primary race.

Early in the evening with 13 percent of the vote in, the incumbent Kilpatrick had been as many as 25 points behind former state rep. Mary Waters.

Waters’ supporters credit negative ads, grassroots strategy for possible upset of Kilpatrick

The race for Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick’s 13th District seat in the U.S. House is going into the morning undecided. With 71 percent of all precincts reporting, Kilpatrick has come from behind and leads Mary Waters by some 900 votes.

Primary: Kilpatrick and Waters in late-night duel in Detroit

After jumping out to a shocking early lead over incumbent Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, former state Representative Mary Waters has seen her cushion reduced to nothing with two-thirds of all 13th Congressional District primary votes counted.

Mother of Detroit’s embattled mayor faces tough race

What this means for Michigan progressives

Indian gaming dispute splits Michigan legislators

The Natural Resources Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has approved two bills that will allow the building of casinos by Native American tribes in Romulus and Port Huron.
The bills involve a land dispute that goes back 150 years and could only be resolved by an act of Congress. Two tribes from the [...]

Congressional Black Caucus members fear union is targeting them

[COMMENTARY] Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are not pleased with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for what they consider unfair targeting of caucus members who had a good voting record with labor.

The catalyst for this frustration came last week, when lawyer and community activist Donna Edwards bested eight-term Rep. Albert Wynn in [...]