Talk Of Lawsuit To Strike Down Power Of Emergency Manager
A broad coalition of attorneys and labor leaders are preparing a lawsuit to challenge Michigan's powerful emergency financial manager law.
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A broad coalition of attorneys and labor leaders are preparing a lawsuit to challenge Michigan's powerful emergency financial manager law.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says money in an escrow account, as well as new revenue sharing dollars, could help reduce budget cuts.
With possible cuts to Detroit police and fire, citizens spoke on Tuesday that now is not the time to cut such services from Detroit's city budget. Council President Pro Tem Gary Brown also expressed his opinions as well.
As Detroit struggles to balance the budget and erase a deficit, will the state have to appoint an Emergency Financial Manager? Andy Dillon doesn't think so.
Rick Snyder said Tuesday that his meetings with bond rating agencies in New York should have analysts seeing Michigan in a new light, although he doesn't expect them to raise the state's ratings for at least a year.
Truckers hauling cargo between Detroit and Windsor say the current wait time on the Ambassador Bridge is "unreal."
Michigan's secretary of state is seeking $976,000 dollars from imprisoned ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for using re-election campaign funds to pay legal fees associated with a criminal case that saw him jailed in 2008.
Additional cuts to the city budget would include eliminating the People Mover and cutting the number of police officers on the streets of Detroit.
The newly-selected operators for Detroit Public Schools' five Renaissance charter schools will hold 'Open Houses' this week, beginning Monday at the schools.
Michigan's senior U.S. Senator says he is supportive of an expected decision from President Barack Obama to begin a draw down of U.S. troops from Afghanistan... as early as next month.
Richard Gleason was a 24 -year-old minister in Chicago when he saw the racial injustices in the south and felt he had to go on the freedom ride.
Add another Republican to the recent string of candidates who are NOT running against Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow.
Exactly when it will happen remains an unknown, but Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy feels very strongly that Detroit will have a new police Crime Lab. The Detroit Police, however, won't be running the new lab.
If you think getting through the state's budget with painful cuts on things like education and film/brownfield incentives was difficult, hold onto your seats sports fans as Gov. Rick Snyder says the toughest part of reinventing is still ahead.
With Michigan's roads and highways showing the signs of age, some Lansing lawmakers are suggesting the idea of increasing the gas tax to raise more money.