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Last week, I said merging the governments of Detroit and Wayne County was a sensible solution to both their crises.This idea was not wildly popular. One…
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Romulus Police Chief Robert Dickerson has resigned his job.He did so in a scathing letter in which he also called on Romulus’s mayor, Alan Lambert, to…
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In a weird twist of fate, two remarkable events in Detroit’s recent history are happening at virtually the same time.Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick…
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Kwame Kilpatrick’s federal racketeering and extortion convictions may mean the former Detroit mayor will not be able to pay the city approximately…
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After years of legal wrangling, Highland Park’s former emergency financial manager will go on trial for alleged embezzlement next year.A Michigan Supreme…
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Day one of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s federal public corruption trial wrapped up Friday.The government says Kilpatrick and his three…
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A jury will hear opening arguments Friday in former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s public corruption trial.Kilpatrick is on trial with his father,…
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A jury has been seated in the upcoming corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his three co-defendants.The jury’s racial make-up was…
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s public corruption trial officially started in federal court Thursday.Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick,…
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The FBI is pulling together a multi-agency task force fight public corruption in the Detroit area.The task force will include several federal agencies,…