Kevyn Orr leaves salaries for Mayor Bing and City Council intact
The state's new emergency manager law, which goes into effect Thursday, eliminates salaries and benefits for elected municipal officials when an emergency manager is installed.
But as Michigan Radio’s Sarah Hulett reports, an order signed by Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr will leave the salaries of Mayor Dave Bing and the City Council members intact.
"Salaries range from more than $70,000 for council members to close to $160,000 for Mayor Dave Bing."
State Attorney General Bill Schuette calls for a grand jury investigation into meningitis outbreak
Michigan's attorney general is seeking a criminal investigation into the deaths of 17 residents from contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company.
As Rick Pluta explains,
"The grand jury would have the power to compel witnesses to appear and testify, including people from the four Michigan clinics that administered the injections. And it could ask a Massachusetts court to order employees of the pharmacy that made the drug to cooperate."
Wolf hunt in Michigan may be put on hold
A group opposing the hunting of gray wolves is expected to deliver tens of thousands of petition signaturesto the Secretary of State's office.
If enough of the signatures are certified, a statewide vote on the proposed wolf hunt will be placed on the ballot in 2014.
