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Inside the Detroit Bankruptcy

On bookshelves today, Detroit Resurrected: To Bankruptcy and Back provides inside baseball details of how the city of Detroit managed to recover from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

April 25, 2016 - Next City

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Detroit's Getting Better, Say Detroiters

According to a wide-ranging poll conducted by the Detroit Free Press, residents have regained some optimism about their city and its management. Sixty-nine percent said Detroit is headed in the right direction.

December 21, 2015 - Detroit Free Press

Detroit's Bankruptcy Exit Plan Approved

Federal judge Steven Rhodes approved Detroit’s plan to shed $7 billion of the total $18 billion debt.

November 8, 2014 - The Washington Post

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Bankruptcy in Detroit—The Tip of the Iceberg

One of the scariest things about Detroit's bankruptcy proceedings is that the fiscal choices that city made has been repeated in many other cities.

September 21, 2014 - Edward Poteat

Detroit Bankruptcy Breakthrough: Regional Water Authority Moves Forward

One of the most politically treacherous proposals of Detroit's bankruptcy plan has finally gained approval—a regional water authority.

September 10, 2014 - The Detroit News

Regional Water Authority DOA in Detroit

One of the unanswered questions of Detroit’s post-bankruptcy future is what will happen with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, especially after negotiations to create a regional authority ended in failure this week.

April 16, 2014 - Detroit Free Press

Detroit's Bankruptcy Plan Accelerates Blight Reduction

To drastically increase the rate of Detroit’s ongoing transformation, the city's bankruptcy plan, recently filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, would spend $520 million on its ongoing blight reduction efforts in the hopes of razing 400-500 homes a week.

February 24, 2014 - Detroit Free Press

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