moody’s – Motor City Muckraker

Detroit’s gun control, schools hurting city revival, property taxes: Your Wednesday briefing

By Steve Neavling on November 21, 2018 Morning Briefing

Detroit passes its own gun control measure aimed at ammunition; city’s struggling schools pose a danger to economic revival; and more lower-income people will be eligible for property tax exemptions.

Wayne State’s financial problems prompt Moody’s to change outlook to ‘negative’

By Steve Neavling on August 1, 2016 Headline, Schools and Education

As Wayne State University continues to struggle with declining enrollment, school officials are spending cash reserves at an alarming rate.