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With Detroit bankrupt, is 'blue model' to blame?

One-party machine politics, high-priced civil service pensions, and racial strife all contributed to Detroit’s bankruptcy filing. Is it a warning signal for the progressive model of governance, or are its problems too unique to extrapolate?
Detroit bankruptcy: Governor authorizes filing, declaring 'no viable alternative' (+video)

The Detroit bankruptcy filing, which follows a decades-long decline in city finances that led to $18 billion in debt, sets the stage for a showdown with 43 public sector unions facing a drastic cut in pensions.
Lottery winners still getting welfare? In Michigan, yes.

Lottery winners got welfare benefits in more than 3,500 cases last year, a new Michigan report finds. That's 14 percent of state lottery winners on welfare, and the state aims to crack down.
$10 minimum wage proposed for Michigan

$10 minimum wage would be achieved over three years, according to Democrats sponsoring the bill. But Republicans, who control the state legislature and the governorship, have not embraced a $10 minimum wage.
Tropical storm Bonnie may pack an oily punch

Louisiana's coastal parishes prepare to evacuate as tropical storm Bonnie threatens to push remains of Gulf oil spill ashore.
07/23/2010 03:39 pm
How fast will the Gulf bounce back from the BP oil spill?

Like a giant industrial strength washing machine, the Gulf of Mexico will clean up most of the BP oil spill by itself, as it has other big spills. But environmental resilience has its limits.
07/13/2010 08:52 pm