Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts knows his is a thankless job and yet, above all else, it is delicate. He must at once try and undo decades of mismanagement and deficit spending while at the same time shore up the educational system a

The bill signed by Gov. Rick Snyder allows emergency financial managers to break previously negotiated contracts. LANSING – State residents are evenly split on Michigan's new emergency financial manager law – though it is unpopular with black residents,

For the first time in more than two decades, Congress is considering changes to increase the size... A new election law is forcing local school boards to consider changing term lengths. The name is smaller, and so is just about everything -- from the sch

Highland Park— While state officials decide whether to put the fiscally troubled Highland Park Schools under an emergency manager, observers see another likely fate: consolidation with a neighboring school system. District officials will make their case

The way he talks animatedly about music -- from the history of the trombone to the "mind-blowing" effect of overtones -- you'd never guess Andre Brooks started playing his instrument just one year ago. And you couldn't possibly guess that the 17-year-old

A group of landlords is suing Gov. Rick Snyder, state Treasurer Andy Dillon and Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts over lease agreements Roberts terminated on behalf of the school district. Last month, DPS administrators announced they