Articles tagged: emergency manager law
UPDATED: Gov. Rick Snyder signs new emergency manager law
Posted: Dec 27, 2012Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a law that gives distressed communities the ability to choose an emergency manager or other remedies to fix their finances. Read more »
Senate expected to consider replacement for emergency manager law
Posted: Dec 13, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Snyder disappointed over voters decision to defeat emergency manager law
Posted: Nov 07, 2012Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is praising the defeat of five constitutional amendments, including restrictions on tax increases and more power for unions in collective bargaining. Read more »
Proposal 1 defeated: Michigan voters repeal emergency manager law
Posted: Nov 07, 2012Related coverage: Michigan ballot proposals 2-6 defeated Michigan voters repealed the state’s controversial emergency manager law in a referendum Tuesday. Read more »
Detroit Free Press: Local leaders divided on emergency manager law, U-M survey finds
Posted: Sep 24, 2012Local government leaders in Michigan are split in their opinions of the state’s emergency manager law, according to a University of Michigan survey, the Detroit Free Press reported. Read more »
mlive.com: Michigan Supreme Court: Emergency manager law heading to November ballot for possible repeal
Posted: Aug 03, 2012A split Michigan Supreme Court has ordered that a referendum of the state's controversial emergency manager law should go on the ballot, meaning Public Act 4 will go before voters in November for possible repeal. Read more »
Michigan emergency manager repeal signatures meet minimum
Posted: Apr 25, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Have a question for Gov. Rick Snyder? Ask away during online town hall meeting
Posted: Apr 24, 2012Gov. Rick Snyder will host an online town hall meeting on Wednesday to answer any questions Michigan residents might have for him. Read more »
OPINION: Don't let Michigan cities die the death of a thousand cuts; let's raise revenues
Posted: Apr 01, 2012At the March 19 public forum in Ann Arbor on the emergency manager law there were four speakers: the gentlemen who manages emergency managers, an advocate to repeal the E.M. law, an E.M. from Benton ... Read more »
Roger Fraser says Michigan's emergency manager law is 'an orderly alternative to bankruptcy'
Posted: Mar 19, 2012Michigan Deputy State Treasurer Roger Fraser said his research on the effects of bankruptcy on local communities led him to talk last fall with the city manager in Ventura, Calif. Fraser said Ventura is now ... Read more »
Ford School panel discussion features friends and foes of Michigan's emergency manager law
Posted: Mar 19, 2012Roger Fraser and Brandon Jessup will share the stage Monday during a panel discussion at the University of Michigan. And that's an interesting pairing considering Fraser oversees Michigan's emergency manger program and Jessup is head ... Read more »
Outgunned in Legislature, Michigan unions fight back
Posted: Mar 11, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Michigan's emergency managers may lose superpowers
Posted: Mar 05, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Q&A: Former Ann Arbor administrator Roger Fraser talks about new role overseeing emergency manager program
Posted: Feb 20, 2012Roger Fraser served nine years as Ann Arbor's city administrator; now he oversees the state's emergency manager program. He says says the emergency manager law is "clearly a threat'' to labor unions. But cities and school districts ''simply cannot be successful living with the terms that they agreed to in better times.'' Read more »
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