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A state appointee has run the cash-strapped city for more than two years. Former Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Joe Harris the city’s emergency…
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Updated 12:30p.m. - Scott Geerlings with Zeeland, Michigan based Geerlings Development Company says the company bought the parcel for around…
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When Benton Harbor Emergency Manager Joe Harris took over the City of Benton Harbor two years ago, the city owed money to a bunch of different agencies;…
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In December Benton Harbor’s emergency manager said the city’s finances we’re looking good enough that he could probably leave sometime this year. But now,…
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Opponents of Michigan’s emergency manager law called it illegal, unconstitutional, and anti-democratic at a public forum Tuesday night.Detroit Congressman…
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The group “Michigan Forward” is collecting signatures to repeal the state’s Emergency Manager law.At last check they we’re up to 180,000.They only really…
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The State Treasurer’s office is reviewing an independent audit of Benton Harbor’s finances for the 2011 fiscal year. The audit shows the city still spent…
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The City of Benton Harbor’s mayor is trying to start 2012 on the right foot after two years of turmoil under a state-appointed emergency manager. Elected…
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In the last few weeks there’s been a flurry of activity under the state’s new emergency manager law.Emergency managers now run 4 cities (Benton Harbor,…
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City leaders in Benton Harbor are trying to come together after a turbulent couple of years under a state appointed emergency manager. The emergency…