Rick Snyder

Fiat weighs shifting its HQ to the U.S.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Fiat, the century-old Italian automaker, appears poised to move its headquarters to the U.S. after its planned merger with Chrysler Group. The move would be unprecedented in the automotive industry, experts said, because of Fiat's deep roots. "To...

Before conservative activists, Romney touts defense

2013-03-15 12:09:00

OXON HILL, Md.--Returning to a public stage for the first time since losing the presidential election, Mitt Romney called on Republicans Friday to put a powerful U.S. military at the top of their agenda. The 2012 Republican nominee had a distrustful...

Chrysler bankruptcy expert named Detroit's emergency manager

2013-03-14 16:07:00

A Washington bankruptcy expert who represented Chrysler during its successful restructuring was named as the state-appointed emergency financial manager charged with helping to bring Detroit out of its fiscal morass. Kevyn Orr, 54, was named on Thursday...

Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan won't run for reelection in 2014

2013-03-07 15:25:00

WASHINGTON -- Michigan Democrat Carl Levin announced Thursday that he would not run for reelection in 2014, adding to an exodus of experience in the chamber.� Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the sixth sitting senator to decide...

Motor City blues

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Michigan's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, took the unprecedented step last week of announcing that he considers Detroit's elected leaders incapable of fixing the city's fiscal problems, and so he will appoint an emergency financial manager with...

Michigan governor declares financial emergency in Detroit

2013-03-01 12:42:00

Detroit’s deteriorating fiscal picture is so dire that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday declared a city financial emergency, paving the way for eventual state oversight and control. The announcement comes after a state team last month...

Dave Bing to give Detroit's State of the Union, and it's not good

2013-02-13 10:02:00

Among the usual cliches in the annual State of the Union speech is a phrase to the effect: “Our union is strong.” Presidents Bush, Clinton and Reagan all used the phrase and President Obama didn’t disappoint Wednesday night. But the...

Weekend TV Talk: Dianne Feinstein; John McCain; Richard Durbin

2012-12-14 16:17:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America Coverage of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Situation Room With Wolf...

After school shooting, some states move to ease gun rules

2012-12-22 17:54:00

WASHINGTON — As Congress gears up for a fight over possible new gun restrictions, lawmakers in some states have pushed in the opposite direction — to ease gun rules — since the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 first-graders and six women at a...

Celebrity 'swatting' problem may be tough to swat

2012-11-27 21:30:00

The distress call came Sunday around 1 p.m.: emergency in Beverly Hills. Someone was being held hostage at "Simon Cowell's." The victim, reported a female caller, was tied up with duct tape inside a bathroom at the brash British "X Factor" judge's...

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (mi.gov)

2013-05-21 11:03:00

Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill to allow the Natural Resources Commission to designate game species Wednesday, likely ending a petition effort against a wolf hunt in Michigan.

2013-05-09 06:45:00

Bill Ford Jr., executive chairman, Ford Motor Company, left, and Michigan governor Rick Snyder, right, visit the Ford display at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January.

2013-04-30 00:00:00