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Before giving Wayne County the go-ahead on an unorthodox deficit reduction plan, the state wants peruse the county's books.According to John Wisely at the…
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Flint’s emergency manager got an earful during a public meeting last night on the budget he imposed on the city last week.Emergency manager Michael Brown…
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A public school district in Oakland County imposed a ten percent pay cut on its teachers retroactive to the start of the school year.Now it is likely the…
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Michigan school districts are struggling with growing budget deficits. Even relatively wealthy districts are facing unprecedented cuts.The Ann Arbor…
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The Flint city council tonight will do something it hasn’t done in a while. Actually meet. One of the first things Flint’s emergency manager did after he…
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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says 1,000 job cuts are planned by early next year to help deal with the city's budget crisis.The mayor's office said in a…
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Postal workers delivered a message at more than a dozen rallies across Michigan today. Postal workers say they have a solution to the multi-billion dollar…
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Congressman Fred Upton is looking for your ideas on how to reduce the federal budget deficit.Upton is one of twelve lawmakers selected to serve on a…
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Michigan Senator Carl Levin wants all sides to give up trying to tie increasing the federal debt ceiling to a major cut in federal spending. The budget…
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Grand Rapids Public Schools is facing a $22 million dollar budget deficit for next school year. That’s the largest shortfall Michigan’s third biggest…