The names of 15 candidates will appear on Tuesday’s Detroit Mayoral Primary ballot.  According to our recent WXYZ-TV/Detroit News poll conducted by Lansing-based Epic MRA, the three frontrunners are Dave Bing, Ken Cockrel, Jr., and Freman Hendrix. ...

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a private citizen, walked out of jail this week with his bodyguards and took a non-commercial jet to the Lone Star State.  Yes, he did the time for his crime but not as much as some would have liked. ...

Buckle up your seatbelts for news that gets national attention:  Synagro, Rush Limbaugh, and the Super Bowl.  If you thought following the 2008 text-messaging scandal involving former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was a bumpy public relations...

  AN OPEN LETTER TO   GEORGE WALKER BUSH     Dear Mr. President:   We need you to act swiftly!  Your administration recently indicated it was ready to step in and prevent the auto industry from collapsing. ...

A little history lesson can be a good teacher for today’s electorate.  To date, there have been 47 Governors of the State of Michigan.  That number doesn’t include the men who served as Governors of the Michigan Territory between the years...

Countless words have been written about the rise and fall of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Malik Kilpatrick over the last seven-and-a-half years.  One could certainly argue that too much ink has already been wasted on this disgraced political figure. ...

I knew the time was near but the news is still hard to accept.  Levi Stubbs has passed away.  Like many others, special memories of the talented and soulful baritone from Detroit’s North End will be with me forever.  He was one of Motown’s...

Little Rock, Arkansas - Fifty-one years ago this month, Little Rock and much of America was at a legal, philosophical, social, and emotional crossroads.  Would nine African American teenagers, armed with the U.S. Constitution, be admitted to this...

Little Rock, Arkansas – Welcome to a place being billed as: “The Next South, The Next America.”   The racially divisive civil rights era is over and Mayor Mark Stodola is quick to remind visitors that “Central High is part of our history...

I interview a lot of people every year but not every guest makes a strong impression on me.   Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy did.  She takes her job seriously and she speaks her mind.  For the most part, she delivers on her...

Republicans had a lot to cheer about on Tuesday at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The mood was certainly more uplifting than the opening day when everyone was concerned about Hurricane Gustav.      ...

What a difference 12 hours can make in the fast changing world of presidential politics.  On Thursday night, the "buzz" was about Senator Barack Obama’s speech which was sort of a cross between the scholarly eloquence of Paul Robeson and the...

Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) has become the first African American nominated for president by a major political party.  Just think about that for a moment.  Obama has accomplished what many people thought they would never see in their lifetime....

  The Democratic National Convention in Denver is off to a good start!  Next week in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Republicans will have their own highlights to cheer about.   But back to the Democrats for now…  Massachusetts Senator Ted...

We found a great feature on Kayak's website, they are tracking all the new airline passenger fees. Check the link here...

The investigators continue to dig into the relationship between Raford Jackson and Mayor Kilpatrick. We have now found that Jackson bankrolled a fundraising event for the Mayor's Generations PAC at Detroit Athletic Club in 1999.  Jackson donated...

On monday the Action News Investigators showed you how Rayford Jackson, a man at the center of the Detroit CIty council corruption investigation has close connections to the Mayor.   At the Mayor's May 17,  2005 re-election kickoff ...

Some of you have seen this video & story of the Mayor's Executive Protection Unit detaining Channel 7 and WXYZ.com's Chief Investigator Steve Wilson.     It is of course news anytime an officer of the law uses physical force...

Move over Craigslist! Action news has learned that Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has just launched a new online classified advertising site. The free, community-based site allows customers to buy and sell items locally, find local jobs, and...

The Big Four   I know it has traditionally been a headline grabber but the Detroit Regional Chamber needs to retire the Big Four session it does at Mackinac, at least temporarily.  Until the key players or issues change significantly, bringing...

As if the ridiculously high gas prices didn't frustrate all of us enough, many owners of SUV's, pickups, and motor homes who use a credit card at the pump can't get a full tank of gas. Now many gas stations have a $75 limit on Visa or MasterCard...

The Michigan Legislative State Debate that Tim Skubick and I moderated at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference was a good idea.  Leslie Murphy, Reuben Munday, and Sarah Hubbard of the Chamber deserve credit for pulling...

The Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference at the historic Grand Hotel is a constant blend between what’s on the formal agenda and what’s being talked about in one-on-one conversations across Mackinac Island. To be sure, Michigan’s troubled...

With the prices of ingredients and goods constantly on the rise, coupons are becoming more and more helpful when buying your groceries. It's getting harder to justify spending more money on organic and brand-name products as opposed to just generic. If...

What’s really happening inside the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island?  Who’s meeting with who and what topics are being talked about this year?  I’ll discuss Michigan’s...