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State-named panel to run Detroit finances for 13 years

November 14, 2014 By PAI

A nine-member, state-named panel, with no unionists among its initial appointees, will run Detroit's finances for the next 13 years, a court-approved bankruptcy exit plan says.

SCOTUS to rule on whether retirees can get health benefits for life

November 14, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Can retirees get lifetime health care benefits under a union contract? That question hit the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10.

Louise Koszalka dies at 100

November 12, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Louise (Jones) Ferragut Koszalka, May 12, 1914, to Oct. 31, 2014, passed away peacefully at home with her family.

Detroit bankruptcy solved – for now: What about other cities?

November 10, 2014 By April Smith

Everyone is congratulating Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, for helping to craft a bankruptcy settlement in Detroit.

Seismic shift seen in Florida Cuban American vote

November 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Despite winning the gubernatorial race in Florida last week, exit polling shows that Gov. Rick Scott lost Cuban-Americans to his Democratic opponent, 50 to 46 percent.