michigan

Hopefully, Human Services just earned themselves a huge cut in the soon-to-be-announced budget. And I say this as someone who usually loves big, regulatory government.

Quoted: IRVING TOWNSHIP (AP) — A southwest Michigan woman has been told that she's in danger of being arrested if she continues to watch her neighbors' children each morning before they get on the school bus.

Quoted: State law says no one may care for unrelated children in their home for more than four weeks a year unless they're licensed.

I know the city has bigger problems than HS sports. I guess this article illustrates those too, though.

Quoted: Two years ago, the Detroit Public School League basked in the glory of Detroit King's state football championship. Much has changed since then -- for the worse.

I don't know how I missed this announcement. I caught it this morning as a footnote to an article about former Michigan tight end Jay Remiersma's run for Congress (seeking the seat that will be vacated by Hoekstra).

I'm not sure if I'm on board just yet. Hoekstra was interesting to follow when he was a rising star from a neighboring Congressional district, but when it comes to opinions and platforms I think I might think he is a dick. I don't know that the Democratic candidate is anyone of note, but Hoekstra doesn't appear to be what I'd call a progressive Republican.

This publication was defunct for several months. Now they're back, boasting the best Michigan daily news roundup anywhere. And if you don't like the writing, or are loyal to the schools they make fun of, there's a nice photo to lead things off today.

Quoted: Turns out, Davenport has dorms and a hockey team called the Panthers and everything! Go figure. One of their dorms was evacuated yesterday because of some weird smell. This whole thing was probably set up by the Davenport Board of Trustees to promote that they have dorms.

shout-out to ferndale!

Quoted: The city has gone from a cool place to buy records and get some pizza with friends to a diverse epicenter of all things hip and chic. Here's a look at nine spots that make Nine Mile in Ferndale the place to be at night.

North Carolina proved the Final Four odds right, romping past Michigan State 89-72 in Monday's championship game. Here's a look at the players who owned Detroit, and it's no surprise that it's loaded with Tar Heels and Spartans.

The economy in Michigan is so bad that people can't even afford to bring guns to a knife fight.

Quoted: Police were called to a report of a stabbing in the area of 1644 Eastern Avenue just before 3 a.m. Police found two groups of women had been fighting, and a number of them were injured.

Nice. With Chris Partlow and Nicky Sobotka on D-line, things are looking up.

Quoted: So, yeah, this from reader Ba Orao was pretty freaky: