Ecorse News

The Detroit branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is challenging the constitutionality of the state's emergency manager law in federal court, claiming it unfairly targets African Americans and dilutes their voting rights.

The city of Detroit will finish its current budget year with a $162 million cash-flow shortfall and doubts about the financial health of its pension funds, according to a new report by the city's emergency manager.

For those who question the value of an emergency manager, just look at Ecorse. Joyce Parker, appointed in 2009 by Gov.

Last Saturday's Marathon Oil refinery explosion and fire was yet another dangerous, polluting event in a string of environmental injustices to plague the residents of the 48217 zip code in Detroit, which is unfortunately famous for being the most polluted in Michigan .

A Michigan Department of Corrections officer has been ordered to stand trial on a felony charge of stripping fixtures from his father's Westland home after it was in foreclosure.

State officials say the financial emergency in the city of Ecorse has been resolved.

The McDonald's on Ecorse Road in Ypsilanti is undergoing renovations that will include adding a second ordering board and constructing a stone facade.

As a result, the governor named a Transition Advisory Board that will work to return city control back to local officials and make sure finances remain stable.

Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday announced that Ecorse is no longer under financial emergency, appointing a transition advisory board to oversee the return of control from Emergency Manager Joyce Parker to local elected officials.