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June 7, 2013: State Budget / Kevyn Orr & Detroit / Whole Foods

Topics of Discussion: Wayne County Jail State Budget Kevyn Orr / Creditors of Detroit John Dingell’s 57 years of service Henry Payne, editorial cartoonist for the Detroit News steps in for Nolan Finley this week on MIWeek. The MiWeek panel discuss the new Wayne County Jail which is running over budget, how the money in [...]

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May 31: MiWeek Team at the Mackinac Policy Conference

This week the MiWeek team headed to Mackinac for the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference.  1500 business leaders, politicians and educators came together to talk about the future of Michigan. Christy McDonald is the host for the conference coverage, and MiWeek contributors Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson were around to analyze the events of [...]

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May 23, 2013: Mackinac Policy Conference / Tax Surplus / IRS Scandal

The MiWeek panel dissects the upcoming Mackinac Conference by talking with Sandy Baruah, President and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber. The panel discusses the extra tax revenue budget, and the IRS scandal plaguing Washington. DPTV will be covering the Mackinac Conference next week. Topics of Discussion: •    Mackinac Policy Conference •    Surplus tax revenue [...]

Stephen Henderson Editorial Page Editor The Detroit Free Press
  • Stephen Henderson: Mike Duggan ordeal is a joke - and the joke's on us
    Anyone who's cheering Mike Duggan's absence from the Detroit mayoral ballot isn't thinking about the city's bigger picture, and is overlooking some bizarre manifestations of election law that are playing out.
  • Stephen Henderson: A better future for Detroiters
    Services and residents will come first, according to the restructuring plan unveiled Friday by Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr. And at least for now, he'll stop making debt payments. And he'll ask workers and retirees - who, to be fair, have already sacrificed a fair amount - to give even more in the name of re-prioritizing the city's denizens. That's a fundamental change in the way government in Detroit has been managed for many decades, and it's the strongest reason Detroiters should be lining up in support of Orr's plan.
  • Stephen Henderson: Orr can give city a clean slate - but we must build on it
    Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr's work, if it's successful, will reset the template for us - get the banks off our backs and get services working for the people who live here. But a healthy city is so much more than that.
  • Stephen Henderson: Orr can give city a clean slate - but we must build on it
    Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr's work, if it's successful, will reset the template for us - get the banks off our backs and get services working for the people who live here. But a healthy city is so much more than that.
Nolan Finley Editorial Page Editor The Detroit News
  • Hard days ahead for city retirees
    If Detroit lands in bankruptcy court this summer, it likely won't be the big, bad bankers who force it there. It will be the retired cops, firefighters and clerks who are drawing pensions and enjoying city-paid health insurance.
  • Finley: In Detroit, searching for Kwame
    City Councilman Kenyatta is still drawing his roughly $74,000-a-year salary, and he still maintains an office staff at a cost of about $270,000 a year. Only problem? He's not showing up to work anymore.
  • Obama breaks trust in government
    The Obama administration sees no limit on its presidential powers. It bends the Constitution to get and do what it wants. So why wouldn't we worry that it might collude with its Silicon Valley sycophants to gather embarrassing tidbits on its opposition?
  • Column: Let's get rid of the IRS
    Why would anyone give a federal agency caught in an outrageous abuse of its considerable power even more authority to meddle in the lives of Americans?