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Associated press – A lawyer for Kwame Kilpatrick says the ex-Detroit mayor is vulnerable to attack at a federal prison while his injured knee is immobilized with a brace. Full News here – Crain’s Detroit Business – Latest News

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Associated Press – A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Michigan public school districts to stop collecting union dues from teachers and other employees through payroll deduction. Full News here – Crain’s Detroit Business – Latest News

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Chad Halcom – Troy city officials did not properly fund plans for a multi-modal transit center by the time a 10-year deadline had lapsed under a consent judgment agreement with Grand/Sakwa Properties Inc., the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled. The three-judge panel unanimously this week overturned an Oakland County Circuit Court ruling from 2011, [...]

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Detroit — Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly has joined the faculty at Wayne State University Law School. Full News here – Schools RSS from The Detroit News

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The driver, who was not named, entered a median at Gratiot and Chestnut in Eastpointe Thursday and hit a 63-year-old man standing in the median. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The driver is to appear today in 38th District Court. Full News here – freep

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Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind? Full News here – freep

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Thirty-five years ago there was a lawsuit over pollution, and a federal judge started closely watching how The Detroit Water and Sewage Department did business. On Tuesday a judge ruled the department is ready to operate without federal oversight. Full News here – Detroit | WXYZ

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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares today to hear arguments on the gay marriage controversy for the first time, Michigan, like much of the country, is torn. Full News here – Metro/State News RSS from The Detroit News

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Bloomberg – Journal Register Co., the newspaper publisher that owns the Oakland Press and Macomb Daily, won court approval to sell its assets to an affiliate of its current owner in exchange for $ 114 million in secured debt and about $ 6 million in cash. Full News here – Crain’s Detroit Business – Latest [...]

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An Oakland County Circuit Court judge who was sentencing third-time drunken drivers to work release programs instead of jail wasn’t following the law and will have to re-sentence them, an appellate court ruled. Full News here – freep

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More evidence, diagrams and testimony are being heard Friday in the trial of a 74-year-old West Bloomfield woman charged with killing her grandson … Full News here – Click On Detroit News

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Detroit — The lawyer for a Detroit teacher who says she was fired after criticizing the district's handling of a sexual assault said Thursday he will fight an appeals court ruling that threw out a $ 750,000 verdict in her favor. Full News here – Schools RSS from The Detroit News

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As Detroit officials search for money the city is owed in an attempt to avoid an emergency financial manager, the chief judge for the city’s district court said a slew of issues — including people’s inability to pay and poor technology that causes backlogs — make it difficult to collect more than $ 250 million [...]

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The 7 Action News team has been digging deeper into the report from Detroit’s Financial Review Team that exposed one local court is running a deficit of $ 279 million. Full News here – Detroit | WXYZ

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The Michigan Supreme Court won’t get involved in a dispute over the sale of a school for an Islamic community center, a project that has attracted opposition in suburban Detroit. Full News here – Detroit News

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