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Detroit WorkersDetroit Mayor Dave Bing has imposed new contract terms on most Detroit city workers. Sarah Cwiek reports:Capitol ProtestsThe Legislature’s…

Two new drugs for hepatitis C can save lives. They are also wildly expensive, costing $66,000 to $84,000 per person. Insurers face paying billions for treatment, or explicitly rationing vital care.

A new You Tube video features a tour of 15 breweries with loads of people giving a toast to the “BeerCity USA” title bestowed upon Grand Rapids earlier…

The city's emergency manager is no more. Lou Schimmel issued his last orders this week.But that doesn't mean the state is done overseeing the city.Now a…

Once Claudia Lucero had mastered rapid cheese-making, she knew it was time to tackle cheddar. But cheddar takes months, even years, to age, so Lucero devised a pseudo version: the Smoky Cheater.

General Motors is clearly now in a crisis which could be far worse than bankruptcy was five years ago – one that may threaten the very survival of what…

Failing schools, emergency managers, and problems at nuclear power plants have populated Michigan headlines lately.Important, but not very cheery.We…

Harold Camping runs the Family Radio network of religious stations. He wants you to know that the end is near.Camping says Judgment Day will be May 21,…

A treatment that is appropriate for one patient can be unnecessary or even counterproductive for another. But Harvard researchers found a way to estimate truly wasteful Medicare spending.

German Catholics are facing a stark choice: Pay a church tax or forget about receiving the sacraments, including baptisms, weddings and funerals. Germany taxes registered Catholics, Protestants and Jews. In 2011, the tax raised $6.5 billion for the Catholic Church alone. Many progressives and conservatives are up in arms over the German bishops' decree.