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Michigan regents don't address Warde Manuel's future or athletics probe
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (525+ words) Traverse City — The University of Michigan Board of Regents met Thursday, but didn't discuss the $12 million investigation into the culture of the scandal-ridden Athletics Department or the future of Athletic Director Warde Manuel. After the meeting, the board went on…...
In Trump’s second term, fewer seats for women at the table
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (108+ words) The Detroit News Nearly 10 years after their first bilateral meeting inside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping again gathered last month for discussions about U.S.-China relations. Much had changed over the…...
Retail crime costs Michigan billions. CORCA could help | Opinion
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (101+ words) Michigan's economy loses billions to organized retail crime and cargo theft. A federal act could protect supply chains. Retail crime costs Michigan billions. CORCA could help | Opinion Michigan sits at one of the most important crossroads in North American commerce....
DOJ sues D.C. Bar, escalating fight over discipline for Trump administration attorneys
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (91+ words) The Detroit News The Trump administration is suing the D.C. Bar Association over its recommendation to disbar Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who was found to have violated legal ethics in his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in…...
Ethics complaint filed against Jack Bergman by 2 constituents
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (22+ words) The ethics complaint follows reporting about the unusual circumstances around Jack Bergman's top aides running a political consulting firm on the side....
Judge rules humanities grant terminations by DOGE were unlawful
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (337+ words) The terminations were part of a cost-cutting drive that billionaire Elon Musk was leading at DOGE. "The Government engaged in blatant viewpoint discrimination," U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon said in condemning what the Trump administration cast as a crackdown on diversity…...
The corporations standing up against Trump to honor, expand DEI
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (22+ words) The Detroit News The corporations standing up against Trump to honor, expand DEI...
Trump is drafting DEI whistleblowers. Here's why
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (437+ words) The Justice Department is looking for whistleblowers to report on their employers as the Trump administration intensifies its DEI crackdown....
In Michigan, ‘free’ is expensive | Reitz
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (335+ words) “There is no such thing as a free lunch,” said Nobel-prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, but Michigan policymakers sure are trying to prove him wrong. Whitmer framed the meals program as a legacy issue in her February state of the state…...
Trump bureau ends civil rights-era anti-discrimination protection
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (230+ words) Washington – The U.S. federal consumer finance watchdog agency on Tuesday formally ended certain civil-rights-era antidiscrimination requirements for the lending industry, according to a notice in the federal register. The change from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made good on a…...