SUPPORTING THE TEAM: The Detroit Red Wings are owned by a firm that reported $4.2 billion in revenue in 2010. That same firm, however, has convinced Michigan lawmakers to use tax dollars to aid a project to build a new arena for the hockey franchise in downtown Detroit. (Bridge archive photo) *What is a new […]
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*Michigan Capitol Confidential, an arm of the Mackinac Center, reports that, “For the first time since 2006, the Service Employees International Union is not deducting money from the Medicaid checks of the state’s 59,000 home-based caregivers. James Haveman, director of the Michigan Department of Community Health, confirmed that the money no longer is being taken […]
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In Detroit, wheels on the bus go round and …
At a time when many of his peers are finishing college to find a still-depressed job market, Andy Didorosi isn’t waiting for anyone to offer him a slot. At 25, the college dropout describes himself as a “social entrepreneur” and is currently at work on his latest start-up — the Detroit Bus Company, founded with […]