04.17.2012

City Clerk: Proposed Cuts Too Deep For Department

Detroit's City Clerk says a proposed 25 percent cut to the department would prevent her from running the November general election.

04.07.2012

Detroit city attorney's law license suspended over Kwame Kilpatrick text message scandal

Detroit city attorney Valerie Colbert-Osamuede was given a 90-day suspension by the state's attorney discipline panel this week for lying to a judge in the text message scandal that brought down former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and then lying to the legal profession's watchdogs investigating her case.

04.04.2012

Court says Detroit review team is back in business

The Michigan appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit and declared there's nothing in law that limits the service of a review team examining Detroit's finances.

04.13.2012

Jackson City Council paying outside attorneys $295 an hour for stormwater lawsuit work

Miller Canfield of Detroit is billing the city a blended rate of $295 per hour for its attorneys and $90 to $145 hourly for its legal assistants, according to a Jan. 3 contract.

04.16.2012

Dr. Richard Chasdi: Protecting Detroit From Terrorists: How a Softer Approach Overseas Could Help

Here is a scenario of a terrorist assault against the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel along with a set of counter-terror practices we could employ to protect ourselves. It's an unsettling story but one that needs to be heard.