Emergency Financial Manager

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November 4, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — A candidate once thought to have little chance of getting past Detroit's primary election is the front…
October 30, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's emergency manager faced tough cross-examination Tuesday from lawyers for unions and retirees as he defended his…
July 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The moment that many in Detroit feared for years came fruition at just after 4:00 p.m. on…
June 14, 2013
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit's emergency manager says the city is defaulting on about $2.5 billion of debt...
March 25, 2013
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit's new emergency manager offered a "sincere olive branch" Monday to local leaders who fought against creating…
March 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The state’s emergency financial assistance board unanimously approved Orr an hour later making Detroit the largest city…
February 21, 2013
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says some people are already saying they don't want the job of fixing…
December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Just 24 hours after a Michigan state representative’s recall effort of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing went into…
November 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Public Act 4, Michigan’s controversial emergency financial manager law, was struck down by voters in a tightly…
August 6, 2012
DETROIT – With Friday’s 4-3 ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court that Public Act 4, the state’s controversial Emergency Manager…
August 3, 2012
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - An attempt to kill a Michigan law that gives emergency managers sweeping powers to fix poor…
April 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - After weeks of legal wrangling, contentious meetings, and delays, the Detroit City Council narrowly passed a consent…
March 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder held his first town hall meeting in Detroit and said that he has…
March 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing gave his annual State of the City speech on Wednesday night and stood…
January 6, 2012
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit is no longer at risk of running out of cash by April because cost-cutting and other…
December 9, 2011
VIDEO - The potential takeover of the city of Detroit by an 'emergency manager' under a controversial Michigan law was…
April 19, 2011
MSNBC - For one small black town near Lake Michigan, things are about to change drastically thanks to a controversial…