Detroit Renaissance, a private, non-profit business leadership organization dedicated to accelerating Michigan’s economic growth, commended the House GOP’s Reinvigorate, Reinvest, Reform plan to enact $1.4 billion in overall budget cuts and savings.

Detroit Renaissance and other business organizations have urged legislators to pass structural reforms along with spending cuts as long-term solutions to make Michigan more attractive for job creation and investment growth with little traction before now. Polling data shows the public is aware of the state’s severe...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced the joint selection of awards of up to $6.3 million towards fundamental genomics-enabled research leading to the improved use of plant feedstocks for biofuel production.

The seven projects announced July 22 follow the green jobs and renewable energy Rural Tour event hosted the previous weekend by the two cabinet Secretaries in Virginia. These investments will further the Obama Administration’s efforts to broaden the nation’s energy portfolio while...

Three quarters of the Borders stores in Michigan will host a book drive from Aug. 1 through Sept. 7 to benefit local children. The stores will collect new children’s books purchased by customers and provide them to Reach Out & Read. The organization promotes early literacy by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud in pediatric exam rooms throughout Michigan.

Doctors and nurses know that growing up healthy means growing up with books. The ROR program provides the tools to help promote children’s developmental skills and...

Over the past week, the news media has focused on the controversial arrest of the legendary Henry Louis Gates with pundits arguing that the case represents a microcosm of racial relations generally and a referendum on racial profiling specifically.

But just blocks from the Gates residence, there is a less murky but equally consequential crisis: the collapse of an African American-owned newspaper, the Bay State Banner.   And while this sad narrative may affect African American and Latino publications most acutely, it will soon infect the entire publishing industry. ...

For the third time this year, the citizens of Detroit are called upon to cast their votes for candidates running for the mayor’s office, City Council, charter commission, Board of Education and city clerk.

In total, there are 234 candidates on the ballot for voters to choose from.  

Regarding the first two elections, there was a larger turnout for the February primary, according to election poll workers in an interview during May’s election.  One worker who preferred to be anonymous said voter turnout was low due to confusion.

“People...