Manager Orr Takes The Stand In Detroit Bankruptcy Trial
Orr's debt restructuring plan, in which deals have already been reached with most creditors, sets aside $1.7 billion for improving city services.
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Orr's debt restructuring plan, in which deals have already been reached with most creditors, sets aside $1.7 billion for improving city services.
Businessman Dan Gilbert has testified during Detroit's bankruptcy trial that the city's high crime rate, poor school system, unemployment and blighted neighborhoods are its major challenges.
"That's a very dangerous area to get into..."
Disappointing news for Detroit residents who were hoping for a moratorium on unpaid water bills ...
City attorney Thomas O'Brien says "there are limits" to what the department can do.
The Detroit City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a plan to transfer daily operations to elected officials while retaining the state-appointed emergency manager to oversee bankruptcy matters until they are resolved.
The action makes available federal funding to those affected in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
Detroit City Council entered a third day of discussions about the future of Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.
Attorney General Eric Holder is resigning after heading the Justice Department for six years.
Teresa was brought here as a child, at age 5, under political asylum with her family; she worked with a social security number, work authorization card, and filed and paid taxes.
The attorney for former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh says the allegations against him are outrageous.
Michigan voters saw at least 19,000 political ads on TV that cost an estimated $9.6 million to air in the governor's race through Sept. 8.
Removal of Orr as the city's emergency manager and restoring power back to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and the nine-member city council could come as soon as Sept. 29.
Critics of the shutoffs say public health and children's welfare are at risk in homes without water, arguing that "every resident has the inherent right to free water."
The two have agreed to make a joint appearance at a Town Hall meeting on Sunday, October 12 which will be televised on Detroit Public Television.