Ex-Flint emergency manager bills city taxpayers for growing legal tab over water crisis
Flint taxpayers are on the hook for the growing legal fees of the former emergency manager who failed to protect residents from the drinking water crisis.
Council approves tweaked plan to make Belle Isle a state park
Approval of the plan prompted outrage in the small audience as security removed some shouting residents.
Napoleon: Focusing on neighborhoods is not ‘race-baiting’
Detroit emergency manager “is the governor’s anointed turnaround man, and bankruptcy is not a turnaround plan,” Napoleon said.
Detroit investigates just 20% of suspicious fires, underreports arson
Failures in the Fire Department are prompting calls for Fire Commissioner Don Austin to retire.
Treasurer Dillon: ‘I guess I need to leave town like Pugh’
Dillon’s wife was threatening to expose the Democrat for sending her racially charged text messages.
Secret E-mails: Duggan helped state select Detroit's EM
Records also indicate Gov. Rick Snyder repeatedly lied about the emergency manager selection.
Plan: Turn old Tiger Stadium site into public sports complex
Past preservation attempts have been thwarted by city officials, who have insisted – wrongly, so far – that the site can garner tens of millions of dollars from a major developer.
5 daunting challenges that may surprise Detroit’s new emergency manager
Detroit’s new emergency manager will face some enormous obstacles.
Gov. Snyder closer to selecting emergency manager to appoint over Detroit
Snyder reportedly is waiting to hear back from the unidentified candidate this week on whether he or she will take the job.
Forget an emergency manager: Let Detroit go bankrupt, some city leaders say
Rather than hand over Detroit’s budget, parks, buildings and services to the Republican-controlled state, a growing number of residents and leaders are advocating for municipal bankruptcy.