Source: Joel Kurth / The Detroit News Detroit — Monica Conyers is a free and happy woman. She’s just not an especially chatty free woman. The former Detroit City Council president completes a 37-month prison term for bribery today, and let others do most of the talking for her at a Corktown auto body shop [...]
Source: Darren A. Nichols / The Detroit News Detroit — Mayor Dave Bing will not seek re-election to a second term as Detroit mayor, but said in a surprise announcement Tuesday he will create an committee to explore other opportunities, including a possible run for Wayne County executive. Standing amid supporters at the Charles H. [...]
Source:Reuters / NBC News Michigan’s biggest city is “clearly insolvent” and needs many fixes including to its pension system and labor agreements to addresses its problems, according to a report outlining the state of Detroit’s finances. “The City of Detroit continues to incur expenditures in excess of revenues despite cost reductions and proceeds from longterm [...]
Many who come across the concrete wall in Detroit’s northwest side are unaware of its history and significance. The wall that once divided whites and blacks in 1940s now spurs art, jobs and discussion. (May 1)
Source: NBC News Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday appointed bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer Kevyn Orr as Detroit’s emergency financial manager in a state takeover of the city that could ultimately lead to Detroit filing for the largest municipal bankruptcy ever. Orr is a bankruptcy expert who represented automaker Chrysler LLC during its successful restructuring. [...]
April Ryan talks with Attorney Arnold Reed about the convictions of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson.
Roland Martin talks with Detroit Free Press writer Rochelle Riley about Detroit’s financial problems and the need for a city manager. DON’T MISS: Rochelle Riley: Detroit needs a professional city manager
Source: Poppy Harlow and Chris Isidore / CNN Money Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday that the state will take over the operations of Detroit’s city government due to its long-standing financial problems. The takeover is short of a formal bankruptcy, but it will include appointing an emergency manager who would have many of the [...]
Source: John Gallagher / Detroit Free Press The makeup of downtown Detroit is more diverse, educated and wealthy than the rest of the city, according to a new report expected to be released this week. Titled “7.2 Sq Mi” after the square mileage that makes up the greater downtown area, the findings validate in detail what [...]
Source: Tresa Baldas and Jim Schaefer / Detroit Free Press Kwame Kilpatrick had it all — a free mansion, bodyguards and staff to answer his every beck and call — “but that wasn’t enough.” That’s what a federal prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments in Detroit’s historic public corruption trial this morning. Kilpatrick’s greed, Assistant [...]
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