Detroit emergency manager law defeated in close vote
theGRIO REPORT - Public Act 4, Michigan’s controversial emergency financial manager law, was struck down by voters in a tightly contested vote on Tuesday...
Gold medalist returns to Flint, Michigan a hero
theGRIO REPORT - For the last 10 days, whenever Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields enters a room, she’s greeted like a conquering hero all the while insisting on being treated just like everyone else...
Mixed reaction to Michigan emergency manager ruling
DETROIT – With Friday’s 4-3 ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court that Public Act 4, the state’s controversial Emergency Manager law, would be up for a repeal vote on the November ballot and opponents of the law trumpeted it as a victory for democracy...
Michigan voters get say on emergency manager law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - An attempt to kill a Michigan law that gives emergency managers sweeping powers to fix poor communities' finances will appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court said Friday, handing unions a major victory in their clash with Republican Gov. Rick Snyder over the law...
EMS fail to show after apparent suicide of 9-year-old
theGRIO REPORT - In an apartment building in Detroit, 9-year-old Jarod Barnett plunged to his death in what appears to be a suicide...
Black unemployment rates drops in Detroit
The unemployment rate in the Motor City has decreased for African-Americans
Democratic rep targeted with racist robocalls
theGRIO REPORT - The robocalls question whether Clarke and his late mother, Thelma Hashim, are black. Ron Scott, a media consultant for Clarke, said that the calls were 'sickening'...
Detroit to get $22.5 million grant; saves 100 firefighter jobs
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit will receive a $22.5 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response...
Man sentenced to life in Michigan stabbing spree
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A man convicted of murder in a 2010 stabbing spree in Michigan was sentenced to life in prison Monday, wrapping up the first in a series of cases against Elias Abuelazam...
Redistricting may keep blacks from representing Detroit
theGRIO REPORT - Of the many issues presented by Detroit’s plummeting population is that it has not only altered the cultural makeup of the city and affected the tax base; it has also led to a complete redrawing for electoral maps around the area...
