Kevyn Orr , the emergency manager appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to try to resolve the Detroit financial crisis , has effectively replaced the Detroit mayor, ... Read full article
Kevyn Orr , the emergency manager appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to try to resolve the Detroit financial crisis , has effectively replaced the Detroit mayor, ... Read full article
Detroit has seen signs of revival in its urban core following the near-death experiences of GM and Chrysler. Unfortunately, its municipal finances remain beaten down by the city’s long and precipitous decline over the past several decades. Labor and ... Read full article
Meredith Whitney, one of the first financial analysts to foresee the collapse of the housing market, famously predicted in December 2010 that a wave of municipal bond defaults was on the way . The wave, however, has yet to materialize, and the bankruptcy ... Read full article
Opposing lawyers for Jefferson County, the debtor in the largest Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy case ever filed, and the holders of its sewer warrants squared off last week in the ongoing fight over control of the County’s sewer system and the right to ... Read full article
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The travails of Jefferson County, Alabama are well known. Ordered by a federal court to upgrade its sewer system in the late 1990’s, the project was marred by corruption, cost overruns and financing with complex derivatives that ultimately saddled the ... Read full article
