What Emergency Managers Say They Need More Than Ever — ProPublica

Across the country, more than half of the 1,689 local emergency management agencies that responded to Argonne National Laboratory's July 2025 emergency management survey have either one or no permanent full-time employees, and a "notable percentage" of local emergency managers who responded are volunteers…

https://www.propublica.org/article/emergency-managers-united-states-resource-needs 

 

Detroit Public Schools Claims The State Is Violating Students’ Civil Rights In Federal Lawsuit

After months of public uproar over the poor condition of Detroit schools, Detroit Public Schools filed a federal lawsuit against the state Thursday, Detroit Free Press reported. The lawsuit claims that the state has violated the civil rights of students through its emergency manager law, since the district has been run by emergency managers since 2009...
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2016/04/08/3767891/detroit-schools-lawsuit-state/