Articles tagged: emergency manager
Opponents of Michigan's new emergency manager law sue
Posted: Mar 28, 2013A lawsuit filed Thursday wants to stop Michigan's new emergency manager law, claiming it is unconstitutional and violates the federal Voting Rights Act. Read more »
Bankruptcy expert named Detroit emergency manager
Posted: Mar 14, 2013A bankruptcy expert who represented automaker Chrysler LLC during its successful restructuring has been chosen to steer Detroit out of its financial abyss. Read more »
Senate passes new emergency manager bill
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 »
opinion: Protect working families by protecting collective bargaining rights
Posted: Aug 19, 2012During the past few months, you may have been asked by fellow community members to sign a petition in support of a constitutional amendment to protect jobs and collective bargaining rights for all Michigan workers. ... Read more »
Emergency manager law to be revisited in November election
Posted: Aug 08, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Emergency manager repeal effort: Board to certify referendum Wednesday
Posted: Aug 07, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Superintendent: Pay-less paydays, more cuts in Ypsilanti's future after state denies borrowing request
Posted: Jul 24, 2012Teachers and administrators in Ypsilanti Public Schools may face the prospect of no pay or delayed pay in September. The district also faces a similar serious cash-flow problem in December and in two back-to-back pay ... Read more »
COLUMN: Q&A with Brandon A. Jessup: The fight to repeal Michigan's Emergency Manager law
Posted: Feb 25, 2012Brandon Jessup, CEO of Michigan Forward, says the group is close to turning in petitions with enough signatures to put the state's controversial emergency manager law before Michigan voters on the November ballot. Read more »
Rick Snyder defends Michigan's emergency manager law
Posted: Jan 19, 2012Michigan's governor argued the law, amended under his watch to expand the powers of state-appointed emergency managers, is helping communities deal with their financial problems. Read more »
with poll: Rick Snyder protesters: 'We don't want our elected officials to be unilaterally dismissed'
Posted: Jan 16, 2012As hundreds of marchers demonstrated outside the gates of Gov. Rick Snyder's private residence near Ann Arbor, loudly chanting in protest of Michigan's emergency manager law, the Rev. Charles E. Williams II had a quiet conversation with the governor's chief of staff. Read more »
Protesters set to march to Rick Snyder's Ann Arbor area home
Posted: Jan 14, 2012Protesters are expected to march to Gov. Rick Snyder's Ann Arbor area home on Monday to rally against the state's emergency manager law. Read more »
Ypsilanti school board warned: Improve finances or face emergency manager takeover
Posted: May 10, 2011When speaking to the Ypsilanti school board Monday, state Rep. David Rutledge issued a warning to trustees and district leaders: Get the district on solid financial footing or face installation of an emergency manager by ... Read more »
Gov. Rick Snyder to take questions from public radio listeners on state budget issues, education reform
Posted: May 04, 2011Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will take questions May 13 from public radio listeners across the state on education reform, the state budget and the economy during a special broadcast being labeled "A Conversation With Governor ... Read more »
Gift of wine for passage of emergency manager legislation doesn't thrill Ann Arbor lawmaker
Posted: Mar 21, 2011It's customary in Lansing for a lawmaker to send colleagues in the Legislature a gift from his or her district after getting a first piece of legislation passed. So it came as no surprise today ... Read more »
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