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Post-Bankruptcy in the Neighborhoods: Citizens learn to monitor city’s progress
Detroit exited bankruptcy with a plan to balance city budgets and improve services to residents, and while elected leaders...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Community Meetings, DJC, Feature, Neighborhoods, WDET March 19, 2015
On WDET: Would city council pay raise impact the Plan of Adjustment?
The Detroit City Council wants a pay raise, but the Detroit Elected Official Compensation Commission needs to approve it....
By Sandra Svoboda in WDET March 19, 2015
WDET honored by Michigan Association of Broadcasters
It's nice to be recognized! With gratitude to our sources, readers, listeners, those involved in the case and our...
By Sandra Svoboda in DJC, Feature, WDET March 12, 2015
Pension cuts taking effect
This week Detroit city retirees begin to see reductions in pension benefits -- cuts enacted as part of Detroit’s...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Pensions, WDET March 2, 2015
On MiWeek: Reviewing the Rhodes interview
The hosts of Detroit Public Television's weekly public affairs program dissected Judge Steven Rhodes's first interview following the Detroit...
By Detroit Public Television in Bankruptcy Court, Detroit Public TV, Detroit Today, DJC, WDET February 20, 2015
Judge Steven Rhodes: WDET’s Exclusive Interview
When Detroit entered bankruptcy a year and a half ago, Judge Steven Rhodes was assigned to preside over the...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Detroit Today, DJC, Feature, WDET February 17, 2015
Hitting the Airwaves: Judge Rhodes live on WDET
In his first post-bankruptcy interview, Judge Steven Rhodes will join us live in the WDET studios at 9 a.m....
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Detroit Today, Feature, WDET February 16, 2015
Judge: $178 million reasonable bankruptcy tab for Detroit
Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes today agreed that the nearly $178 million the city of Detroit paid its attorneys, financial...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Pensions, WDET February 12, 2015
The Live Feed: State of the City 2015
It's time for Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's first post-bankruptcy State of the City address. He'll be at the Old...
By Sandra Svoboda in Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, WDET February 10, 2015
On WDET: What’s beyond bankruptcy … so far
Detroit Free Press Reporter Matt Helms joins WDET's Sandra Svoboda on the Detroit Today program. They review the latest:...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Blight, Detroit Today, DJC, DWSD, Kevyn Orr, WDET January 27, 2015
Judge Rhodes to Walsh graduates: Seen in Word Cloud
We wanted to see what Detroit Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes’s commencement speech at Walsh College on Saturday looked like...
By Sandra Svoboda in WDET January 25, 2015
Judge Rhodes to Graduates: Lessons learned from the Detroit bankruptcy case
Judge Steven Rhodes used his 18-minute speech at Walsh College's commencement to offer graduates a few lessons from history's...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Feature, WDET January 24, 2015