Archive: Agreements & Deals
Bankruptcy Judge: No halt to water shutoffs
Judge Steven Rhodes this morning denied a request to halt the water shutoffs to thousands of customers with past...
Water Shutoffs Hearing: Day Two
The hearing to help Judge Steven Rhodes decide whether to place a six-month moratorium on residential water shutoffs in...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, DWSD, FeatureWater Shutoffs Hearing: Day One
Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes is holding an evidentiary hearing today to help him decide whether he should order a...
Bankruptcy Court: A preview of the water shutoff hearing
Detroit’s bankruptcy trial is postponed for a week but Judge Steven Rhodes is holding a hearing Monday on the...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, DWSD, WDETThe Water Deal: How it is coming together
As part of the bankruptcy mediation, the city, Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties and the state reached an agreement...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, DWSDDay 11: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Trial
Testimony today includes discussion of what would happen if the art were to be sold. “We would be in...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Trial, DIA, FeatureDay 10: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Trial
The lineup today includes witnesses Ron Bloom, Sue McCormick, Suzanne Taranto and Michael Plummer. Bloom, who works for the...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Trial, DWSD, FeatureDay Nine: Detroit’s Bankruptcy Trial
The day started with an actuary, discussing pension investment return rates and other issues, and is continuing with an...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Trial, DIA, FeatureOn Michigan Radio: The DIA Director describes the battle for the art
The discussion over whether the DIA can and should be forced to sell its collection to help offset Detroit's...
By Michigan Radio in Bankruptcy Court, DIA, DJC, Michigan RadioOn Detroit Today: How will the new water authority work?
Detroit Today looks at the financial challenges facing the new regional water authority with Crain's Detroit Business reporter Chad...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Detroit Today, DWSD, WDETHow green is the water deal?
Detroit’s bankruptcy process has produced a tentative agreement for a new regional water authority. While there are political, economic...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, DWSD, WDETIn Bankruptcy Court: The water deal…and what they said about it in court
Because of the deal announced earlier today for a new regional water authority, attorneys for Oakland and Wayne counties...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Trial, DWSD, Feature