Detroit pensions

Flint City Council could gain power back todayThe Flint city council has been largely powerless in the two years since the appointment of an emergency…

Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr moved to “freeze” pension benefits for some city retirees — then suspended that action as the city and pension fund…

Renewable resources, such as wind and solar, are likely to supply 10% of Michigan electricity by 2015, as state law mandates. On today’s program, we…

Federal Judge Stephen Rhodes gave Detroit the go-ahead to make cuts to public pension and healthcare benefits.Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr maintains that…

State Senate approves bill making it easier to end land line service"Phone companies would have an easier time discontinuing traditional land lines under…

Today, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes ruled that Detroit is eligible to enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, and to cut the pensions of city…

If anything’s clear coming from Detroit’s bankruptcy case it is this: the city needs new solutions.Daniel Howes, Detroit News business columnist, wrote…

A group representing more than 12,000 city retirees has endorsed Mike Duggan for Detroit mayor.The Detroit Retired City Employee Organization is throwing…

Money in Detroit’s pension fund was misspent on bonus checks, The Detroit News’ Robert Snell reported.That information is coming from a report on the…

Machinists, teachers, police were among the many unionized workers to hit the streets of downtown Detroit Monday morning.The city’s annual Labor Day…