Harlem Globetrotters win game on ice
PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — The Harlem Globetrotters say they hope that deprived NHL fans have taken some comfort in watching basketball on ice...
Detroit under review for emergency financial manager
theGRIO REPORT - Just 24 hours after a Michigan state representative’s recall effort of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing went into motion, a review began that will likely lead to an emergency financial manager being appointed to the city...
Appeals court stays Mich. affirmative action ban
DETROIT (AP) - The ruling that ended Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions was put on hold Friday until the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear an appeal by the state's attorney general...
GOP state senator supports 'dissolving Detroit'
theGRIO REPORT - For the third time this year, the city of Detroit is staring at potential bankruptcy as legal wrangling over 'control' has caused $10 million in state aid to be withheld from the city...
Mom seeks student loan forgiveness for dead son
theGRIO REPORT - The mother of a Michigan college student has launched an online petition to have her deceased son's $10,000 student loan forgiven because she says she cannot pay it back...
African-American voters look to leverage their loyalty
WASHINGTON (AP) - When black U.S. voters gave President Barack Obama 93 percent support on Election Day in defiance of predictions that they might sit it out this year, black leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief...
Michigan affirmative action ban struck down
theGRIO REPORT - On Thursday, a federal appeals court threw out Michigan's controversial voter-approved ban on affirmative action in college admissions and public hiring...
19-year-old named Denzel Washington reports UFO sighting
theGRIO REPORT - A 19-year-old who happens to be named Denzel Washington was picking his brother up from work in Flint, Michigan when they saw bright lights above a movie theater...
8-time Detroit felon wins seat in MI state house
DETROIT - Among the string of new faces that secured Election Day victories last Tuesday, there was an unexpected victor in a Michigan State House race that has raised more than a few eyebrows...
Grown man fakes birth certificate to attend Michigan high school
theGRIO REPORT - A grown man has reportedly been booted out of a central Michigan high school after it was discovered he faked documents to lie about his age...
