NPR Story
1:00 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Norwegian Bakery Gets By During Butter Shortage

Norwegians are suffering a butter shortage. The Nordic country has to go without, supposedly because of trade barriers imposed by the country's dairy cooperative Tine. And of course, this comes right as the holiday baking season is heating up. Lynn Neary talks with Lovisa Morling, of the Apent Bakeri in Oslo, about how the bakery is getting by.

The Two-Way
12:59 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Putin Loyalist Resigns As Russia's Speaker Of Parliament

Credit Dmitry Chistoprudov / AFP/Getty Images
Tens of thousands of protesters turned out in Moscow and other major cities across Russia in open defiance to strongman Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule.

The protests that have spread across Russia took a big political toll today, when the speaker of parliament announced his resignation. As the AP reports, the move appears to be tailored by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as an attempt to "stem public anger."

Read more

Sarah Hulett became Michigan Radio's assistant news director in August 2011. For five years she was the station's Detroit reporter, and contributed to several reporting projects that won state and national awards.

Sarah considers Detroit to be a perfect laboratory for great radio stories, because of its energy, its struggles, and its unique place in America's industrial and cultural landscape.

Before coming to Michigan Radio, Sarah spent five years as state Capitol correspondent for Michigan Public Radio. She's a graduate of Michigan State University.

Contact Sarah Hulett at sarah@michiganradio.org.

Economy
12:47 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Michigan Town Grapples With Shrinking Public Sector

Tammi Warren has lived on the same winding street in the Detroit suburb of Inkster, Mich., all her life. But as she drives down the block in her Ford pickup, Warren points to several houses on her street that stand vacant, casualties of the housing market collapse.

Vacant houses mean less tax revenue for the city, and less revenue makes it harder for Inkster to provide basic city services.

"[The] city of Inkster has eliminated 38 positions," says City Treasurer Mark Stuhldreher. "It's about 25 percent, roughly, of the workforce."

Read more
Local News
12:26 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Border Apprehensions Drop

Credit Photo via www.multiamerican.scpr.org

Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants along the Arizona border are at their lowest in 17 years, a statistic that Customs and Border Protection officials touted Monday morning in Tucson. As Michel Marizco reports for the Fronteras Changing America Desk, there’s been a massive reduction in these arrests across the entire southwest border.

Fronteras
12:23 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Challenge to Arizona’s Immigration Law Has Implications for the 2012 Election

Credit Photo via www.healeylibrary.wikispaces.com

Arizona’s immigration law is scheduled to go before the US Supreme Court in April.  As Peter O’Dowd reports for the Fronteras Changing America Desk, that’s just in time for a re-energized debate over state rights in the 2012 election.

Fronteras
12:11 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Poll: Latinos Unhappy With Both Political Parties

Credit Photo via www.dialoguewithyou.wordpress.com

A national poll shows Latinos are unhappy with both political parties  and many aren’t too sure if they’ll vote next year.  The poll posed several questions to Latino registered voters about their attitudes toward candidates and the 2012 election. Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez reports for the Fronteras Changing America Desk.

Fronteras
11:52 am
Wed December 14, 2011

Poll: Latinos Unhappy With Both Political Parties

Credit Photo via www.whenpigsfly.squarespace.com

A national poll released this week shows Latinos are UN-happy with both major political parties.  The poll posed several questions to Latino registered voters about their attitudes toward candidates and the 2012 election. Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez reports for the Fronteras Changing America Desk.

Fronteras
11:35 am
Wed December 14, 2011

US Supreme Court To Hear Challenge of Arizona’s Immigration Law

Credit Photo via www.colorlines.com

The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in late April, on Arizona’s controversial immigration law.  As Dennis Lambert reports for the Fronteras Changing America Desk, the court will take up a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality.

The Two-Way
11:26 am
Wed December 14, 2011

Scientists Set New Internet Speed Record

Now, we all have reason to complain about the speed of our Internet connection. Scientists announced yesterday that they have broken the Internet speed record by transferring data at 186 Gbps between two cities.

Read more

Pages