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Moroun family looks to state ballot tactic to protect its business

Moroun family looks to state ballot tactic to protect its business

News item: The Detroit International Bridge Company, which owns the Ambassador Bridge, wants to put a state constitutional amendment on the ballot, one that would require a statewide vote for the New International Trade Crossing bridge ...

Riverwalk rolling for a new Detroit

Riverwalk rolling for a new Detroit

Faye Nelson’s office on the 17th floor of the GM Renaissance Center provides a panoramic view of the Detroit River and a daily reminder that the Motor City — despite its problems — is still capable ...

Detroit neighbor losing population, too

Detroit neighbor losing population, too

Everyone in Michigan is familiar with the population decline in Detroit and population stagnation in state overall. Put negative population trends are not contained to Detroit’s or Michigan’s borders. Right across the river from Detroit, Windsor, ...

Big bucks silence views of ordinary folks

Big bucks silence views of ordinary folks

Surprise! Would you believe that … political systems are stacked in favor of those with money? That’s probably been true since the days of the pharaohs, if not before. But these days, two things make the ...

Deja vu: Biz tax cuts head agenda in Lansing

Deja vu: Biz tax cuts head agenda in Lansing

“At the end of the day, we’ll be a stronger, more vibrant state,” Gov. Rick Snyder asserted a year ago in his first State of the State speech that offered the first outlines of his 2011 ...

Trading business pinstripes for another kind

Trading business pinstripes for another kind

First things first: The photo making the rounds of social media, the one with Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel “Matty” Moroun sitting gape-mouthed, eyes upturned, as though someone has just gut-punched him, is not the moment Wayne ...