From The Detroit News: Voters in Michigan have struck down the law that let the governor appoint an emergency manager to oversee struggling school systems or local governments. The law, enacted in March 2011, gave emergency managers broad powers to terminate or impose contracts on city workers, dissolve local agencies of government or make academic decisions in school districts. The state's largest district, Detroit, is overseen by an emergency manager.
REACTION...from The Detroit News: After voters rejected Michigan's emergency manager law, Gov. Rick Snyder says he wants state lawmakers to enact a bill already in the works that would keep emergency managers in place in some form. In the meantime, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts says he will remain on the job until the vote is officially certified in 30 days.
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