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State officials are crediting a new "early warning" law for reducing the number of school districts in fiscal crisis.In 2015, 41 districts had budget…
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The Flint school district is cutting funding for decades-old events to foster competition between athletes from the city and Canada.The school board on…
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For the first time in six years the Detroit Public Schools' proposed budget does not call for any schools to be closed. The district expects it will bring…
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Many years ago, when I studied economics, I learned that every so often, Congress has to authorize an increase in how much money the nation could borrow,…
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Detroit bankruptcy is topic of national conversationSnyder, Detroit's emergency manager Kevyn Orr and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing appeared on Sunday morning…
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To add to the woes of public education in Michigan, six new school districts are running deficits.Forty-nine was the record, now make it 55 school…
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Detroit is worse off than we thought"Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager is painting a bleak financial picture. Kevyn Orr's first report says…
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Flint’s mayor delivers his State of the City address tomorrow.He says he’ll map out a path for Flint to no longer need an emergency financial manager…
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A private company will start picking up Flint’s residential trash next month.Emergency Financial Manager Ed Kurtz says Republic Services can handle…
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The city of Lansing faces an $11 million budget deficit in the coming fiscal year.City officials say the shortfall is due largely to a steep decline in…