Fitch Rates Sterling Heights, Michigan $5MM GOs 'AA+'

17 May 2008, 12:59 am

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to Sterling Heights, Michigan's $5 million unlimited general obligation bonds, series 2008. via Earth Times ... read more

Police honoree trains others in dispatch center

16 May 2008, 1:16 pm

"We have to do the job well in order to get the correct response out there" Police Service Aide Jason Strasz needs his voice to facilitate calls to patrol officers from the dispatch center, where he answers emergency calls. via Hometown Life ... read more

In Michigan, Obama says he has better job ideas than McCain

14 May 2008, 12:57 pm

"We are aware of the reasoned approach Mr. Obama has taken in analyzing the current financial crisis and the need for balanced regulatory reform" Democrat Barack Obama, one day after being routed by rival Hillary Rodham Clinton among blue-collar workers in the West Virginia primary, took his campai... read more

Today on the presidential campaign trail

14 May 2008, 2:37 am

"I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on those. We're not foolish enough to ignore the vast areas of agreement in which John McCain has been a friend to gun owners." IN THE HEADLINES Clinton pitching superdelegates in hopes of turning her W.Va. win into a revival ... Analysis: Obama looks t... read more

STATE: Chrysler readies plant tour for Obama stop

13 May 2008, 2:31 pm

By Todd Spangler and Justin Hyde * GANNETT NEWS SERVICE * May 13, 2008 Chrysler is getting ready to host a plant tour at its Sterling Heights stamping facility for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ... via LivingstonDaily ... read more

Tribe exemption unfair, casino officials say

12 May 2008, 11:42 am

"There is a definite impact, and it's not irrelevant." A smoking ban approved by the Michigan Senate that includes casinos could keep gamblers away in Detroit, and gives an unfair advantage to casinos operated by tribes, casinos officials and observers said. via Detroit Free Press ... read more