Metro and State News for Michigan from detnews.com

Money saving concessions closer, Detroit mayor says

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

Detroit — An optimistic Mayor Dave Bing said Monday that the city is getting closer to a deal on concessions with police and fire unions and could have a tentative agreement within days with...

Wayne Co. home values drop

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

Detroit — While the decline of Wayne County property values comes as no surprise to many officials, Monday's release of the report left some assessors wishing predications had been ...

Hoekstra on defense as he's urged to pull ad

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra launched his first major Senate campaign advertisement on the biggest stage possible. However, the day after his Super Bowl TV debut, the conversation centered not on a ...

Law enforcement agencies work together to combat truancy in Detroit

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

Detroit — Student truancy is noticeable in the city — so much so that Detroit Public Schools made 409 referrals to prosecutors in the 2010-11 year and also lost state funding becau...

Missing Auburn Hills girl found safe; father held

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

Auburn Hills — An 11-year-old girl reported missing Sunday in a suspected parental kidnapping has been found and her father arrested, police said. Tavia Bentley was recovered safely about 8:...

Meetings on Detroit's finances must be open

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

Mason— Meetings of the state-appointed team reviewing Detroit's finances are subject to Michigan's Open Meetings Act and must be conducted in public, an Ingham County judge ruled Monday.

Laura Berman: Hoekstra ad lacks smarts

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

With his controversial new Super Bowl commercial and website, Pete Hoekstra seems to think he's got the advertising instincts and guts of Chrysler's Sergio Marchionne.

Michigan homeland security center expands; foes urge oversight

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

The state's little-known homeland security center is expanding into southeastern Michigan, but the plans have civil libertarians and at least one local official urging more oversight.

Briefs: Plymouth-Canton school panel to meet over controversial book

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

A committee that's reviewing whether a controversial novel should be permanently removed from Plymouth-Canton Community Schools will hear this week from teachers who included the book in thei...

Neal Rubin: Hiller's slick radio ad managed to mention the NFL's Super Bowl without mentioning it

Feb 7, 2012 5:00 am

Jim Hiller is smart enough to know that you don't win in court against the National Football League, no matter how right you are. At the same time — and at age 64 — he&...