Former Detroit firefighter and police pension chair reflects on personal cost of city’s bankruptcy
This month marks 10 years since Detroit became the largest U.S. city to ever file for bankruptcy. Then-emergency manager Kevyn...
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Reflecting on Detroit’s bankruptcy 10 years later
It’s been 10 years since the city of Detroit, drowning in roughly $18 billion in debt, filed for Chapter 9...
Detroit Today: How has Detroit progressed since filing for bankruptcy 10 years ago?
It was 10 years ago today that Detroit made history when it became the largest U.S. city to ever file...
Perception warming to investing in Detroit since bankruptcy
Detroit’s 2013 bankruptcy hurt the city in numerous ways. One of them was by making it harder for the city...
Detroit retirees want the city to issue them a one-time check using ARPA funds. The city says it can’t.
A segment of Detroit retirees are circulating a change.org petition asking for the City of Detroit to pay them a...
Pension Cuts Become Reality For Detroit City Workers
This week Detroit city retirees begin to see reductions in pension benefits -- cuts enacted as part of Detroit’s exit from bankruptcy....
Rhodes And Orr Say Trillions In Unfunded Liabilities Exist Nationwide
Last Wednesday Crain's Detroit Business named former Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and Judge Steven Rhodes as the 2014 Detroit Newsmakers of...