Detroit Emerges from Biggest City Bankruptcy in US History

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says it is a "fresh start" for his city, which emerged Wednesday from the biggest-ever bankruptcy for a U.S. city. Duggan says Detroit will do the best it can to deliver the services its residents deserve. Under a plan approved by a federal bankruptcy court, the city will shed $7 billion of its $18 billion debt and reinvest almost $2 billion into city services and infrastructure. A once-thriving midwestern city that was headquarters of the...

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