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The Packard Plant is seen in Detroit, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, more than 50 years after the last car was produced there. A developer from Peru bid $405,000 for the property during a tax foreclosure auction last year. Fernando Palazuelo hopes to breathe new life into the 40 blighted acres with homes, retail, offices, recreation and light industry. Crews started demolishing part of the plant on Friday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Crews begin demolition of Packard plant in Detroit

Corey Williams · October 17, 2014 9:05 pm

Detroit manager: Bankruptcy challenges costly

Corey Williams · October 2, 2014 9:10 pm

Manager Orr testifies in Detroit bankruptcy trial

Corey Williams · October 2, 2014 12:18 am

FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr, left, speaks at a news conference in Detroit as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who appointed Orr, listens. Orr's success in shepherding Detroit through its historic bankruptcy will leave him unemployed, at least temporarily, when and if his task in the Motor City is complete. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Bankruptcy’s end more clear than Orr’s future

Corey Williams · September 28, 2014 5:32 pm

Detroit’s elected officials regain control of city

Detroit’s elected officials regain control of city

Corey Williams · September 26, 2014 5:27 am

Detroit elected officials regain city control

Detroit elected officials regain city control

Corey Williams · September 26, 2014 2:05 am

Control of Detroit returned to mayor, City Council

Control of Detroit returned to mayor, City Council

Corey Williams · September 26, 2014 1:29 am

Warren Buffett speaks during the Goldman Sachs celebration ceremony of the first graduating class of the 10,000 Small Businesses at Wayne State University on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Detroit. The investment banking firm committed $20 million to Detroit and southeast Michigan to help small businesses create jobs and economic growth by providing entrepreneurs with a practical business education, access to capital and business support services. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Bloomberg, Buffett at Detroit small business event

Corey Williams · September 18, 2014 9:05 pm

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan discusses a sewer system map during a news conference in Detroit Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The Detroit water department would be turned into a regional agency with a 10-year limit on rate increases and an infusion of millions of dollars from the suburbs, under a deal announced the mayor and other officials. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Deal reached to overhaul Detroit water agency

Corey Williams · September 9, 2014 8:57 pm

Detroit official: Debt plan ‘adjustments’ possible

Corey Williams · September 4, 2014 11:52 pm

Creditor wants 75 cents on dollar for Detroit debt

Corey Williams · September 3, 2014 9:26 pm

In this July 16, 2013 aerial file photo, the downtown of the city of Detroit is shown. Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr raised more than a few eyebrows a year ago when he took the city into bankruptcy and predicted it would be out by the time his term expired in fall 2014. Because it is by far the largest city to file for municipal bankruptcy and the issues were so complex many experts predicted it would take years to resolve. But the city will take a major step toward that goal with a trial in federal bankruptcy court that starts Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Attorney: Detroit needs debt plan to survive

Corey Williams · September 2, 2014 10:34 pm