Kevyn Orr

I have nothing against the Theater of the Absurd. I was taught French years ago by an odd method based on the comedies of Eugene Ionesco, the master of…

During World War II, a plane crashed behind Nazi lines. Thirty nurses and medics, five of them from Michigan, survived. Their incredible story is finally…

Detroit’s emergency manager has canceled a planned bus tour for city bondholders today.The bus tour was meant to hammer home that Detroit is in dire shape…

This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Emily Fox discuss the proposal to consolidate school districts into county-wide systems, the canceled…

Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr has cancelled a planned bus tour for the city’s Wall Street creditors.Some of those creditors are in Detroit this week…

Saunteel Jenkins replaces Charles Pugh as Detroit City Council President"Saunteel Jenkins is the new President of the Detroit City Council. The Council…

The battle over control of Detroit’s two pension funds is heating up, with big consequences for city retirees and other creditors as the city creeps…

During the last year of World War II, as millions died in history’s most sustained orgy of violence, other men quietly and secretly planned what to do…

Detroit's pension systems vs. Kevyn OrrDetroit has two pension systems and both have posted fairly strong funding levels. But emergency manager Kevyn Orr…

A new nonprofit is demolishing vacant homes (blight) in a northwest Detroit neighborhood.The organization is called the Detroit Blight Authority, and is…