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DETROIT — Rev. Jesse Jackson this week called for “mass action” to address the state’s foreclosure crisis and said that his civil rights non-profit organization, the Rainbow Push Coalition, is pressuring major mortgage lenders including Wells Fargo, Citibank and Bank of America to restructure homeowner’s loans to help avert foreclosures.
Jackson said the government’s efforts to [...]

A spokesperson for the Lansing Police Department says his department has been discussing how that law enforcement agency can assist with Capitol security in the event of a shut down, but there are “no solid plans.”
Lt. Noel Garcia says Lansing Chief Mark Alley has been talking with state officials about what will happen if the [...]

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says Detroiters need to accept changes brought by economic hardship or get left behind, according to an article in the Detroit Free Press this morning.
One of the changes Bing discussed with the Free Press is the possibility of charging an entry fee to visit Belle Isle Park in order to [...]

Michigan has struggled for years with an underfunded public defense system, but the recent economic downturn has sent what was a dismal situation into what some groups including the State Bar Association of Michigan are calling a “constitutional crisis.”
A segment aired on NPR’s “All Things Considered” Monday evening used the Detroit area to exemplify the [...]

The bad news is that Detroit’s in the hole a lot deeper than previously thought. The good news is that it could be just $100 million and that’s not nearly as high as other U.S. cities.