Mayor Backs Financial Agreement Draft, Council Debates

Thursday, March 29, 2012 Mayor Backs Financial Agreement Draft, Council Debates Detroit City Council is set to convene a special session Thursday to review a financial stability agreement between the city and the state. Staff for Council and Mayor Dave Bing have been working with state officials to draft the proposal. "It won't get fixed overnight, but our partnership with the State will drive us as we remedy our financial crisis," Bing said in a statement. The mayor is currently recovering from emergency intestine surgery at Henry Ford Hospital. Read more... Analyst: Michigan 'Not Out Of The Woods Yet' On Unemployment Could Detroit Bankruptcy Be A Good Thing? Detroit Students Unite City In Dance 46,000 Children Have Lost State Benefits More Teacher Layoffs Hit Schools BLOG POSTS Kelly Rigg: Pain at the Pump: Time to Embrace the New Normal The fact is Americans pay less for gasoline than virtually any other OECD country, while Europeans generally pay amongst the highest prices in the world -- not just amongst OECD countries but amongst all countries. Small Kitchen College: How to Evolve Your Egg Sandwich in Five Easy Steps Kelly Frazier: Wunderkind of Electronic Music Porter Robinson Brings His Spitfire Rhythms to Ann Arbor At 19, Porter Robinson has already placed himself on the fast track for a long stay in the music business. With the help of some heavyweights like Deadmau5, Robinson has already gained critical acclaim in the dance community. Ann Brenoff: Job Layoff: Three Years Later, What I Learned About Bouncing Back Three years ago today, an email popped into my inbox asking me to please step into my manager's office. There, a hired gun was waiting to tell me that my job as a nationally syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times was unceremoniously ending. Olga Bonfiglio: Dorrien: Republican Presidential Win Would Give Free Rein to Neocon Ambitions of Empire Dorrien supports the re-election of Obama because he doesn't want the neoconservatives to return to power as indeed they will under Romney or Santorum.

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