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Detroit Schools Boss Might Quit If Prop 1 Fails
DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Roy Roberts says if Michigan voters reject Proposal 1, he might not be able to continue in his current position. In a five page letter...
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Snyder Says Prop 1 Defeat Means ‘Best Tool’ To Help Cities Is Gone
DETROIT (WWJ) The voters have spoken and one of the things they said was “no” to the emergency manager law that has put outside financial oversight at the helm of communities including Detroit, Pontiac...
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Board Votes To Remove Detroit Schools From Education Achievement Authority
DETROIT (WWJ) - The Detroit Board of Education has voted to wipe-out all the changes implemented under Michigan’s old Emergency Manager law. Board members on Tuesday night voted mostly unanimously on...
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Emergency Financial Manager Still On The Table For Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan treasurer’s office says a state-appointed emergency financial manager still is an option for Detroit in the face of its growing budget problems. State Treasurer Andy...
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Proposed Emergency Manager Replacement Moves Ahead
By JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press LANSING (AP) - A Republican-led state House panel approved a proposed replacement Thursday for an emergency manager law rejected by Michigan voters, despite concerns of...
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Layoff Of Almost 500 City Employees Expected In New Year
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit is making plans to layoff 400 to 500 city employees in the new year, which is roughly 5-percent of the workforce. It’s one of many steps to try to fix the city’s financial...
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Michigan House Approves New Emergency Manager Law
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - The Republican-controlled Michigan House on Wednesday approved a replacement for an emergency manager law struck down by voters in the November election, despite Democratic...
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Review: Detroit Not Reaching Consent Deal Targets
DETROIT (AP) - A preliminary review of Detroit’s finances has determined that the city is not on target to fulfill promises to the state that allowed the city to avoid having an emergency manager...
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Legislative Session Deals With Flood Of Issues
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - It may take days, weeks or even longer to sort out the avalanche of bills enacted in the Michigan Legislature’s lame-duck session, as majority Republicans put their stamp on policies...
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Gov. Snyder Plans To Sign Emergency Manager Bill
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he plans to sign a revised emergency manager bill that replaces a similar law rejected last month by voters. The Republican governor told The...
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Michigan Governor Signs New Emergency Manager Law
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Gov. Rick Snyder put a new emergency manager law on the books in Michigan on Thursday, weeks after voters repealed a version that gave sweeping powers to a single person to overhaul...
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Audit: Detroit’s Deficit Grew To Nearly $327M
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - An audit says Detroit’s accumulated general-fund deficit is nearly $327 million. The audited figures for the fiscal year that ended June 30 show that the deficit grew about $130...
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Clock Ticks Down For Decision On Detroit Finances
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Detroit’s fiscal future could soon be out of its hands if a team of state officials determines that the nation’s former auto and manufacturing giant is so firmly entrenched in a...
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Snyder Expects Detroit Review Team Report Soon
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A long-awaited review of Detroit’s finances and fiscal future is due Feb. 19, but it could reach Gov. Rick Snyder within a couple of weeks or sooner. When Snyder receives it, it...
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Pontiac Mayor: Emergency Manager ‘Not The End Of The World’
DETROIT (WWJ) - We could know as soon as next week whether Gov. Rick Snyder will appoint an emergency manager to oversee the financial recovery of the city of Detroit. On Tuesday, a state team tasked...
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State Review Team Finds ‘Financial Emergency’ In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – A state review team has determined that a “financial emergency” exists in Detroit, with no solid plan in place to resolved it. The six-member team, appointed in December to examine the...
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Judge Draws Lines Over Power In Detroit Schools
DETROIT (AP) - A judge says the Detroit school board has authority over academic policies, at least for the next five weeks before a new emergency manager law kicks in. The decision Wednesday by Wayne...
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Dillon: ‘No One’s Suffering More Than The Residents Of The City’
DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit’s finances have essentially been declared a disaster and may wind up out of the city’s hands. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has 30 days to decide if Detroit needs an emergency...
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Experts Split On Detroit’s Fiscal Recovery Options
By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) - In less than a month, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will decide whether the state will take over Detroit’s broken finances and send in someone to oversee...
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Gov. Snyder To Discuss Detroit Finances Thursday
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is planning to discuss Detroit’s financial situation on Thursday. The governor is expected to hold an afternoon round table with the media in Detroit....
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