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Morning News Roundup, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011

In this morning’s news: Democratic insurance reform, tax increase in Flint, state officer salaries

Detroit Democrats propose auto insurance reformDemocratic state lawmakers from Detroit are proposing their own strategy to overhaul auto insurance in…

State Representatives from Flint want to allow the city to ask residents to approve an increase in the city's income tax

Flint wants - but may not get - permission to ask for city tax increase

Flint’s state representatives could introduce a bill that would permit the city to ask Flint residents to approve an increase in the city income tax. The…

A Syrian refugee, who requested anonymity to protect her family living in Syria, opens her Quran on Wednesday at the Muslim Association of Lehigh Valley in a suburb of Allentown, Pa. Dozens of Syrian refugee families are being resettled in the Allentown area, in part because the city is already home to one of the nation's largest population of Syrians, who began settling here in the late 1800s.

In A City With Strong Ties To Syria, Refugee Crisis Stirs Debate

Syrians have been putting down roots in Allentown, Pa., for a century. The city's mayor is happy to have Syrian refugees fleeing the current conflict join his community — but not all residents agree.

Flint emergency manager gives city's elected leaders a little more to do

Flint’s emergency manager is giving back some responsibilities to the city’s mayor and city council. One of the first things Michael Brown did after the…

State Representatives Pete Lucido and Kevin Hertel stand together at the podium of a town hall they co-sponsored.

Lake St. Clair water quality issues frustrate Macomb County residents, elected officials

A few hundred Macomb county residents prodded a panel of MDEQ officials at a town hall about the health of Lake St. Clair as it relates to beach closures…

What Minnesota’s settlement with 3M could mean for Michigan’s contaminated water problems

News that the state of Minnesota recently settled a lawsuit against 3M caught our eye. That's the company whose chemicals were used by Wolverine Worldwide…

'Poor man's' 9/11 memorial in Flint, Michigan; low-key ceremonies today

The keepers of this memorial say "it's nothing pretty, but it's a whole lot of love."Dominic Adams writes about the Sept. 11th Memorial Corner in Flint,…

"We're a broken family," one year after Flint native imprisoned in Iran

The family of Amir Hekmati is marking the one-year anniversary of his imprisonment in Iran.The Flint native and Marine veteran was seized by Iranian…

'Daily Show' covers Detroit's controversial water shutoffs

Monday night "The Daily Show with John Stewart" brought attention to Detroit's controversial water shutoffs during a satirical news bit."Daily Show"…

A worker wearing a protective suit walks by the No. 3 reactor building at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, last month.

Water, Soil And Radiation: Why Fukushima Will Take Decades To Clean Up

Five years after meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan, progress has been made, but there's still plenty to do.

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