Opponents of Michigan’s emergency manager filed a lawsuit Thursday charging that Public Act 436 is a violation the federal Voting Rights Act. The suit coincides with the first official day the law goes into effect, with bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr serving as emergency manager of Detroit. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who declared the city a [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick Denied Bail Until Sentencing
March 27, 2013 | Posted by
A request by former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to be released on bond has been denied by a federal judge who believes him to be a flight risk. Kilpatrick has remained in custody since his March 11 conviction on corruption charges, and will be detained until sentencing. He faces up to 20 years in prison, [...]
Jesse Jackson Calls for Protest as Detroit Emergency Manager Takes Office
March 25, 2013 | Posted by
Newly appointed Detroit Financial Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr began his job Monday of re-stabilizing the city’s struggling finances, at the same time that the Reverend Jesse Jackson calls for a dispute of his hiring. Detroit is the largest city ever to be put under the financial control of the state, and if Orr manages to [...]
Bankruptcy Expert Kevyn Orr Named Detroit Emergency Manager
March 14, 2013 | Posted by
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder named Kevyn Orr as Detroit’s emergency manager Thursday, tasking the Cleveland-based attorney with restoring the city’s dismal finances to working order. With Detroit now officially in a financial emergency, the state will take control of the city’s fiscal dealings. Orr will work on behalf of Michigan’s Emergency Loan Board to balance [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick Found Guilty in Federal Corruption Trial
March 11, 2013 | Posted by
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been convicted on 24 charges against him after a five-month trial. Along with contractor Bobby Ferguson and his father Bernard Kilpatrick, the fallen politician faced 45 felony charges stemming from his term as mayor. Kilpatrick was found guilty on the most serious charges, extortion and racketeering, each of which [...]
Bobby Rogers, Sang with Smokey Robinson, Dead at 73
March 6, 2013 | Posted by
Bobby Rogers, who was born on the same day in the same Detroit hospital as the Motown crooner Smokey Robinson, with whom he harmonized in high school and eventually in the Hall of Fame singing group the Miracles, died Sunday in Southfield, Mich. He was 73. The cause was complications of diabetes, Patricia Cosby, his [...]
Michigan Governor Declares Fiscal Emergency in Detroit
March 1, 2013 | Posted by
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared that Detroit is in a state of financial emergency, allowing the state to take control of the struggling city. City officials have a 10-day window to counter the state’s takeover , but Snyder confirmed that he was already considering a candidate for emergency manager to lead Detroit. Though he would [...]
Motown Museum Focuses on ‘Girl Groups’ in Theme Exhibit
February 15, 2013 | Posted by
For such a little house on West Grand Boulevard, a lot of big things came out of Hitsville USA. That’s often a challenge for the Motown Museum, situated in the cozy confines of the label’s original headquarters, as it seeks to convey both the magnitude and the particulars of Motown’s contribution to the world. One [...]
Prosecution Rests in Kwame Kilpatrick Corruption Trial
January 31, 2013 | Posted by
Prosecutors in the federal case against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick rested their case on Thursday, the 64th day of the trial. Kilpatrick, along with his father Bernard and family friend and city contractor Bobby Ferguson, face corruption charges for the mishandling of city contracts totaling over $100 million. The final witness called by the [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick Released From Jail And Back in Court
January 28, 2013 | Posted by
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released Monday morning after spending the weekend in prison for a parole violation. Kilpatrick surrendered to the Michigan Corrections Department last Friday, choosing to return to prison for the weekend rather than going through the formal parole violation process. After being released, he reported to a federal court Monday [...]
