http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:44:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_160113415.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_160113415.html Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_135100225.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_135100225.html The City Council put aside more than three months of internal bickering and hand-wringing, narrowly approving efforts that take the first step toward removing popular Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who faces perjury and other charges related to explicit text messages sent to a former aide. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_135100228.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_135100228.html Term limits will trigger major turnover in the state House in the November election. Forty-four of the chamber's 110 seats will be open because the incumbent lawmakers aren't allowed to run again. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_135100231.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_135100231.html A suburban housewife arrested near San Diego 32 years after she escaped from a Detroit-area prison is back in Michigan to serve out at least 51/2 years on heroin charges. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_134095656.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_134095656.html The Detroit City Council has spent weeks debating options and various paths it should take to strip "mayor" from Kwame Kilpatrick's title. That talk could lead to action today when the nine-member group votes on two resolutions aimed at forcing the embattled, yet defiant, Kilpatrick from the office he's held for six years. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_133095523.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_133095523.html If you get a little tingle whenever you see Michigan's lakes, waterfalls and beaches featured in a Pure Michigan ad, Travel Michigan head George Zimmermann knows just what you're feeling. The state is launching its 2008 Pure Michigan advertising campaign in the state today, a week after it launched the campaign regionally in cities stretching from Milwaukee to Cincinnati. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_131095028.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_131095028.html Betty Gilbert says a proposed ban on smoking that would extend to the city's casinos would keep her away, just like Atlantic City's tough new smoking law will prompt her to cut back on gambling in her home state of New Jersey. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_131095032.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_131095032.html As she hurried to join fellow City Council members in a closed session regarding Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a publicly embarrassing text-messaging sex scandal, Martha Reeves flashed a smile born mostly of exasperation. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_130100039.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_130100039.html Michigan Democratic leaders settled Wednesday on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the delegates seated at the national convention. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_129095653.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_129095653.html The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a voter-approved ban against gay marriage also prevents governments and state universities from recognizing domestic partnerships to provide health insurance to the partners of gay workers. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_129095655.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_129095655.html The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a defendant who plotted a massacre at his high school won't be sentenced to a longer term for making terrorist threats. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_129095658.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_129095658.html The Macomb County clerk says roadblocks to voting should be eliminated, and she's doing her part by mailing applications for absentee ballots to all senior citizens in the county. Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_128095054.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_128095054.html Geoffrey Fieger's lawyer must pay the attorney fees for a state Supreme Court justice sued by Fieger in 2005, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday while dismissing the lawsuit outright. Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_128095057.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_128095057.html Just months ago, ethanol was the Holy Grail to energy independence and a "green fuel" that would help nudge the country away from climate-changing fossil energy. But now with skyrocketing food costs -- even U.S. senators are complaining about seeing shocking prices at the supermarket -- and hunger spreading across the globe, some lawmakers are wondering if they made a mistake. Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_126095520.html http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_126095520.html As Gov. Jennifer Granholm prepared to undergo surgery last Tuesday for an intestinal blockage, no mention was made of handing over power to Lt. Gov. John Cherry while she was under the knife. Michigan's most recent state constitution, adopted by voters in 1963, doesn't allow the governor to temporarily hand over power to the lieutenant governor if incapacitated while still in the state.