flint emergency manager

In this morning's news: Affirmative action, Flint wants to remove EM, balancing Lansing's budget

Emily Fox — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:45:40 +0000

U.S. Supreme Court looks at affirmative action case in Michigan

"The U.S. Supreme Court will review Michigan’s ban on race- and gender-based affirmative action in university admissions. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is defending the amendment to the state constitution. It was adopted by voters in 2006," Rick Pluta reports.

Flint City Council takes steps to remove EM

"The Flint City Council is asking Governor Rick Snyder to remove the city’s emergency manager and phase out state control of its finances. The council unanimously approved a measure last night to request a state-appointed transition board to oversee the city’s finances," Jake Neher reports.

Lansing Mayor wants residents to pay more for utilities to help with city budget

"Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero wants to close the city’s looming budget deficit by asking city utility customers to pay another $46 a year. Bernero delivered his $112 million proposed budget to the city council last night," Steve Carmody reports.

Now showing in Flint...Emergency managers: the play!

Kate Wells — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:19:00 +0000

Artists are often idealists, but in Flint this weekend, a new theater company is trying something really optimistic.

They’ve written a play about…emergency managers.

Sure, it may not be the sexiest topic, but it’s got people talking.

"There's this overwhelming sense of apathy."

Like us, for example. I sat in with an auditorium full of ninth graders from Beecher High School as they got a sneak peak.

Flint's mayor talks about violent crime, budget deficit and 'reconstruction'

Steve Carmody — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:17:18 +0000

Flint mayor Dayne Walling says his city must now make a transition to an era of 'reconstruction' after a 'generation of decline.'

Walling told the audience at his ‘State of the City’ address Monday that in order to begin that transition Flint must deal with its crime problem.

Flint had the worst violent crime rate in the nation last year.

“We have lost too many lives. Too many of our promising youth who were confined to environments that were always dangerous and all too often became deadly,” Walling told his audience.

Flint officials are considering tapping the Flint River as a source for drinking water

Steve Carmody — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:39:35 +0000

Rising water costs have Flint officials looking at the Flint River as a source of drinking water.

Judge: Flint emergency manager out/mayor and city council back in charge

Steve Carmody — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:39:47 +0000

Flint’s emergency manager is out of the job (for now). And the city’s mayor and city council are back in charge of the financially troubled city.

Today's court hearing centered on whether the panel, appointed by the governor, to review the city of Flint's finances violated the state's open meetings law. An attorney for the state insisted the process followed by the panel was not 'secretive' even though it's meetings were not open to the public.