budget cuts

An angry crowd told the Shiawassee County Commission tonight not to lay off more than a dozen sheriff’s deputies. But the commission did any way.Faced…

First, there's the mystery of the disappearing kids. Ann Arbor's enrollment dropped by about 200 students this year. That's a surprise, School Board…

Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel unveiled his latest budget proposal. And it is clear that as the drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan…

Last year, Lansing public school officials laid off all their elementary art and music teachers.The move got national attention from outraged educators…

Buena Vista and Inkster school districts to be dissolvedThe state is moving ahead to dissolve the Inkster and Buena Vista school districts. Both districts…

We talk with Democratic U.S. Representative Sander Levin about the effects of automatic federal budget cuts on the Great Lakes region. Today, Levin met…

At a meeting that lasted until almost 2 a.m., the Ann Arbor School Board voted to cut 27 full-time teachers from schools across the district. The school…

Benton Harbor’s new emergency manager says the city is on track to eliminate its structural deficit within a year. The city's finances have been under…

The war of words between Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and County Executive Robert Ficano is intensifying.Worthy held a press conference Wednesday to…

With President Obama and Congress failing to come to a budget deal, automatic spending cuts have gone into effect. There have been dire warnings about the…