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The architect of Detroit's bankruptcy filing 10 years ago says it was the best fix for a broken cityThe architect of Detroit's bankruptcy filing admits it was a miserable process. But 10 years on, Detroit's former emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, maintains the restructuring of the Motor City is among his most important accomplishments.
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Thousands of Detroit city employees and retirees lost big on July 18, 2013, when a state-appointed manager made Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy. A decade later, the Motor City has risen from the ashes of insolvency, with balanced budgets, revenue increases and millions of dollars socked away.
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Today, the state of Detroit pensioners,10 years after the city's bankruptcy restructuring. Then, a preview of the Detroit Music Awards, happening this Sunday in Royal Oak. Plus, a conversation about the history of the NBA, and the Black athletes who shaped the league.
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In a few short weeks, the 2010s will be over, and the 2020s will begin. It's the end of a decade (even if some people insist it's not exactly the end of…
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Today on Stateside, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) explains how she’s approaching the historic impeachment vote in the House tomorrow. If the…
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Today on Stateside, an old industrial site contaminated with uranium since the World War II has partially collapsed into the Detroit River. Plus, a group…
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After eight years on the job, Rick Snyder will soon end his time as Michigan’s governor. On New Year’s Day, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer will be sworn in to…
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One of the biggest things to hit Detroit since the moving assembly line marked its fifth anniversary this week. That’s when the Motor City became the…
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Mike Duggan knows politics.That’s partly why Detroit’s mayor is alleging that former Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr misled him about the city’s pension…
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Most Detroit firefighters should get a pay bump as soon as next month,Under a tentative deal struck by Mayor Mike Duggan and the fire union, firefighters…