Jun 24 Building musical instruments from Detroit's wreckage By Roy Feldman, WTVS Detroit Public Television Reclaim Detroit is a nonprofit organization that dismantles vacant buildings to re-use their materials. That’s music to the ears of Michigan luthier Gary Zimnicki, who is using reclaimed floorboards and ceilings to craft ukuleles and mandolins. Filmmaker Roy Feldman from… Continue reading
Jun 09 Detroit's automakers pledge $26 million to save museum, benefit pensions By Margaret Myers In a show of solidarity for a city struggling through bankruptcy, Detroit’s three automakers announced Monday a pledge of $26 million to go toward a deal that would help save the integrity of the city’s renowned art museum and alleviate… Continue reading
May 29 Detroit's economy, entrepreneurship on agenda at 'Davos of Michigan' By News Desk Some 1600 people are expected to travel to picturesque Mackinac Island in northern Michigan this week to begin the 34th annual Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy conference. The three-day event features workshops with Michigan's top business, government and academic leaders,… Continue reading
May 13 Detroit Institute of Arts says bankruptcy appraisals would harm 'irreplaceable' art By Chelsea Coatney On Tuesday, the Detroit Institute of Arts told a bankruptcy judge that allowing potential buyers to come into the museum for a “yard-sale-like” bankruptcy appraisal would be harmful to the 1,741 pieces of art currently hanging in the… Continue reading
Apr 29 Carjackers will drive themselves to severe penalties in Detroit By News Desk Carjackers, you have been warned. A new effort launched Monday in Detroit and Flint, Michigan, warns would-be thieves that carjacking is a federal crime, punishable with up to life in prison, or in some cases, death. U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch After threats of painful cuts, Detroit moves closer to deal to protect pensions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 10 Rosa Parks' belongings, potentially worth millions, sit in NYC warehouse By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press NEW YORK -- At a time when interest in civil rights memorabilia is rekindled, a lifetime's worth of Rosa Parks' belongings - among them her Presidential Medal of Freedom - sits in a New York warehouse, unseen and unsold. Continue reading
Apr 10 Political hopes dashed, Detroit bankruptcy case has "done me in," Kevin Orr says By Ellen Rolfes Kevin Orr, who was appointed to oversee all Detroit's finances in March 2013, told Reuters on Wednesday that his experience with the Motor City's bankruptcy case has made him rethink ever becoming a politician. Continue reading
Apr 01 GM CEO, safety watchdog to testify before Congress By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press General Motors' new CEO and the head of the nation's auto safety watchdog are headed to Congress to testify about a defect in small cars that is linked to 13 deaths. In written testimony released ahead of a Tuesday House… Continue reading