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People around the world were stunned in early 2018 when more than 150 women testified at the sentencing of Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor who sexually abused patients for more than 20 years. How did he escape justice for decades, and how was he able to maintain his appearance as the good guy, the ally, the protector?

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Veterans agency director: More veterans are connecting with benefits, but there’s still work to do

When a word leaves you "gobsmacked"

U.S. Senate candidates Stabenow, James trade blows in Detroit debate

By Sarah Cwiek • 2 minutes ago

Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow and Republican challenger John James — Detroit Public Television

Michigan’s senior U.S Senator and her Republican opponent faced off in a debate Monday in front of the Detroit Economic Club.

Eighteen-year incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow faces challenger John James, a Detroit native and U.S. Army combat veteran who served in the Iraq War.

Look about you. What ideas do you see inscribed on the land of Michigan?

By Dustin Dwyer • 2 hours ago

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We are of the dirt.

That’s what Willie Jennings believes.

“My mother was a gardener,” he says. Each spring, as she got her garden ready, she would spray water on the dirt, and tell him to plunge his hands deep into the wet soil.

“And she would turn to me and say, ‘You feel that? You feel that son? That’s life.'”

Preliminary hearing begins for former Flint emergency manager

By Steve Carmody • 4 hours ago

A preliminary hearing is underway for a former emergency manager criminally charged in connection with the Flint water crisis.

The prosecution blames the crisis on Flint’s series of emergency managers, appointed by the governor to run the city of Flint amid a financial emergency.

Prosecutor Todd Flood told the judge in court on Monday that the emergency managers, including Darnell Earley, put money ahead of "human health and safety."

Ready or not, recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada this week

By Steve Carmody • 13 hours ago

Michigan may have something to learn when recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada on Wednesday.

One study predicts there may only be enough supply to meet 30% of the demand once cannabis is legal in Canada.

Next step coming this week in federal case involving Amor Ftouhi

By Steve Carmody • Oct 14, 2018

Approximately 100 prospective jurors are scheduled to fill out a lengthy questionnaire Monday in Flint.

The questionnaires will help attorneys decide who they want to decide the fate of the man accused in an alleged act of terrorism at Flint’s airport last year.

Amor Ftouhi was arrested after a police officer was slashed in the neck at Flint’s Bishop International Airport in June 2017. The officer survived.

Earley and Croft due in court for start of preliminary hearing on Monday

By Steve Carmody • Oct 14, 2018

A former Flint emergency manager is due in court Monday.

Darnell Earley was the emergency manager in charge of Flint when the source of the city’s drinking water was switched from Detroit to the Flint River.

He faces willful neglect of duty, misconduct in office and other charges. The preliminary hearing starting this week will decide if he will stand trial on any of those charges.

Earley and former Flint Department of Public Works Director Howard Croft were charged two years ago.

Daniel Howes: The good times of almost-free money can't go on forever

By Daniel Howes • Oct 12, 2018

Judging by the stock market this week, you’d think the economy’s in the dumps, unemployment is up, and corporate profits are down.

But you’d be wrong. Just the opposite, actually.

No, the proximate cause for the hand-wringing on Wall Street is the realization that the good times of almost-free money and steadily rising stock prices really can't go on forever. And that President Donald Trump’s trade battling with China really isn’t helpful.

The response: sell, sell, sell for some, anyway.

Stateside: Argument against Prop. 2; documentary follows life of Flint baseball legend Jim Abbott

By Stateside Staff • Oct 12, 2018

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Today on Stateside, the director of a conservative advocacy group talks about why he opposes Proposal 2, the anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative. Plus, Flint native Jim Abbott was born without a right hand, but he still made it to the major league. We talk to the director of a new documentary about the baseball legend.

Michiganders will have to wait for out-of-state wine delivery

By Catherine Shaffer • Oct 12, 2018

Michigan residents will have to wait a while longer to order wine in the mail from out of state.

A recent federal court decision to allow out-of-state retailers to ship wine to Michigan customers has been put on hold. The U.S. Supreme Court took up a similar case from Tennessee, and U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow stayed his own ruling until the higher court makes a decision. The Supreme Court's decision on the Tennessee case is expected to affect the outcome in Michigan.

Mayors call for more help from feds for water infrastructure

By Steve Carmody • Oct 12, 2018

The nation’s mayors want Washington to spend more to fix problems with water infrastructure in America’s cities.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors-Water Council was in Flint this week to learn more about the city’s water crisis and how it relates to a growing infrastructure problem nationwide.

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