More than 100 photos of mice, leaks and poor conditions at Detroit schools accompany lawsuit. DETROIT, MI -- Teachers and parents who sued Detroit Public Schools on Thursday have gathered more than 100 photographs as evidence of poor school conditions to accompany their lawsuit.
Guardians of a broken city: Detroit's police struggle to make ends meet with pay cuts, dwindling numbers and rundown equipment in a town where even criminals pity cops. By Associated Press Reporter Published: 20:57 GMT, 22 February 2014 | Updated: 23:48 GMT, 22 February 2014 It has come to this: Even some criminals sympathize with Detroit's cops.
Baron Coleman thought he'd heard it all in his 17 years patrolling the streets. But then came the city's bankruptcy, a 10 per cent cut in police salaries, followed by support from a most unlikely corner - the bad guys. ‘When they saw us take a pay cut they were in shock. On the ropes: Detroit's bankruptcy and a 10 per cent cut in salaries have decimated the city's police department. Did DEQ budget cuts contribute to the Flint crisis? Outsourcing to China Cost U.S. 3.2 Million Jobs Since 2001. Jobs outsourced to China have diminished American employment opportunities and have helped contribute to wage erosion since 2001, when China entered the World Trade Organization, new research shows.
Between 2001 and 2013, the expanded trade deficit with China cost the U.S. 3.2 million jobs, and three quarters of those jobs were in manufacturing, according to a report released Thursday from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning Washington think tank. Those manufacturing jobs lost accounted for about two-thirds of all jobs lost within the industry over the 2001 to 2013 period.
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The roots of the crisis in Flint and Detroit. 22 January 2016 The disclosure that thousands of working class families and their children were exposed to lead poisoning in the city of Flint, Michigan has led to a wave of outrage throughout the world.
The basic events are now clear, though details continue to emerge. In April 2014, city officials made the decision to save $5 million by switching the city’s drinking water source to the polluted Flint River after the Detroit water department demanded higher rates. Big Three Seek $34 Billion Aid. Detroit's Big Three auto makers presented turnaround plans to Congress on Tuesday that indicate both General Motors Corp.
GM 0.49 % and Chrysler LLC could collapse by the end of the month unless they get billions of dollars in emergency government loans. As part of a renewed bid for a bailout, GM said it needs an immediate injection of $4 billion to stay afloat until the end of the year, a fact it hadn't before disclosed. In total, the company said it needs $18 billion in loans -- $6 billion more than it said it would need just two weeks ago. Chrysler's 14-page summary of its presentation to Congress requests $7 billion, and it said it needs the funds by Dec. 31. Chrysler also wants $6 billion from a Department of Energy program aimed at promoting fuel-efficient vehicles. Ford Motor Co.
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Dad Cost Taxpayers $1.17 Million In Legal Bills. Court records released Wednesday to the Detroit Free Press show taxpayers have spent a grand total of $813,806 on defense for the cash-strapped Kilpatrick, with most going to his five court-appointed attorneys and some going to an accountant, investigator, transcripts and jury consultant.
The legal fees for his father Bernard Kilpatrick, who was convicted on one tax count and is serving 15 months, cost taxpayers $352,777, putting the total Kilpatrick family’s fees at nearly $1.17 million. (See the Free Press for the full breakdown of costs.) Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison in October after his conviction last March.
Prosecutors charged that he ran a criminal enterprise out of City Hall while serving as Mayor of Detroit from 2002-2008. Feds Indict Ex-Detroit Pension Fund Attorney, Trustee In Alleged Bribes, Kickback. Indicted Detroit Police Officers Allegedly Used Authority To Steal And Sell Drugs. Two Detroit police officers used their authority as law enforcement to arrange drug deals, orchestrate traffic stops, effect false arrests and coerce and extort victims, all in order to steal money and drugs that were then sold for profit, according to a Wednesday federal indictment that was unsealed Thursday.
Lt. David Hansberry, 34, and Officer Bryan Watson, 46, entered “not guilty” pleas in court Thursday afternoon, according to the Detroit Free Press. Detroit Pension Funds To Be Investigated For Corruption: Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr. DETROIT — Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager on Thursday ordered an investigation into possible waste, abuse, fraud and corruption in the city's two pension funds and all employee benefit programs. The order was signed on the same day members of Kevyn Orr's restructuring team met with union leaders on plans to cut into health care and pensions as part of city debt restructuring.