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Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley laid out a two-year budget plan with massive cuts to police and fire at Wednesday night's City Council meeting. Under the proposed $55 million budget, the city's police department would lose 36 police officer positions and the fire department would lose 19 firefighter positions...

The City of Flint's Blue Ribbon Committee on Governance will hold a series of three public workshops in May to have discussions with Flint residents and collect feedback from them on possible changes to the structure of city government in Flint...

Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley has asked for the City Council to support his transition plan back to local control. According to MLive, Earley said more work on the plan remains, but its a necessary step "as we seek to restore home rule order and local control over the next several months...

For the first time in three years, Flint is no longer the most violent city in the country according to FBI statistics. Through the first six months of 2013, Flint saw a 26 percent drop in violent crime. Along with commending his officers, Flint Police Chief James Tolbert also said thanks should be given to the residents...

The City of Flint has announced that late Friday Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Richard B. Yuille dismissed a lawsuit filed by Plaintiffs Mary Bland and Sherry Murphy, former trustees of the Flint Employee Retiree System (FERS) contesting the City of Flint's transfer of nearly $500 million in retirements assets to the Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS)...

Flint City Councilman Eric Mays has been charged with another misdemeanor related to his November arrest for allegedly drunken driving, possession of marijuana. Mays was arrested around 3 a.m. on November 30th when police found him trying to change a tire on a car with four flats...

A specific set of rules and restrictions have been put in place by Flint's Emergency Manager for embattled City Councilman Eric Mays. Earley - who along with Mayor Dayne Walling and Council President Scott Kincaid called for Mays resignation after the councilman's arrest for allegedly drunk driving, possession of marijuana and two other charges - laid out the new guidelines for Mays on Friday even

Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley, along with Mayor Dayne Walling, and City Council President Scott Kincaid asked for Councilman Eric Mays to resign his seat at a news conference Friday morning at Flint City Hall. Mays was arrested last weekend on charges of drunk driving, possession of marijuana, no proof of insurance and failure to submit to fingerprinting...

In an announcement today, Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley said that the City of Flint water issues will be one of the key concerns in his new role and a top priority for the team. With the major decision to join the Karegnondi Water Authority made and the beginning of construction on the water intake and pipeline approaching, Earley expressed his commitment to thoroughly reviewing and asses

New Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Early released a statement today on the Friday announcement that State Treasurer Andy Dillon had given his resignation to Governor Rick Snyder: "State intervention in local government management under PA 436 is a very complex process, with a lot of moving parts...