Detroit News

A flight from Detroit to Chicago was quarantined at Chicago’s Midway Airport Thursday due to a sick passenger. She was being held for observation, while all other passengers were released after about two hours on the tarmac. More >

Part of Detroit’s recent deal to mend its shattered finances could be threatened if Michigan officials on Thursday rule that a referendum to repeal the state’s controversial emergency manager law should be allowed on the November ballot. More >

Two women testified in a Detroit courtroom Tuesday that an 18-year-old man approached them as they walked alone on city streets this month, forced them at gunpoint to desolate areas and raped them. More >

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Monday laid out a budget proposal that would cut more than 2,500 jobs and shave $250 million in annual expenses after the financially struggling city agreed to state oversight that is aimed at fixing a deficit and long-term debt. More >

Three business leaders — including Michigan’s former state treasurer — have been appointed to an advisory board that will monitor Detroit’s budget and fiscal turnaround, the governor’s office announced Thursday. More >

A city infamous for its unemployment, decay, crime and population loss would seem an odd place for an upscale natural and organic grocery chain to plant roots, but yuppie favorite Whole Foods is taking a gamble on the Motor City. More >

Officials have started reviewing possible candidates for a 9-member financial review board as part of the long-term fiscal restructuring of Detroit, the city’s deputy mayor said Tuesday. More >

Quicken Loans and two affiliated Detroit venture capital firms have issued a call for the roughly 2,000 Yahoo employees who receivedpink slips last week to move to the Motor City to bolster the blighted city’s efforts at revitalization. More >

The annual chore of putting together Detroit’s city budget for the upcoming fiscal year will begin in earnest in the coming days and will be performed by the mayor and City Council, instead of an emergency manager appointed by the governor. More >

A day after an unprecedented deal to fix Detroit’s finances was approved, the deputy mayor said the payroll must be reduced to help get the city on a path to stability. More >