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        "uri": "/2013/11/08/lawyers-wrapping-detroit-bankruptcy-trial/",
        "title": "Lawyers wrapping Detroit bankruptcy trial",
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        "prettyDate": "November 08, 2013",
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        "summary": "Objectors to a Detroit bankruptcy are confusing careful and deliberate planning by state officials with pursuing bankruptcy at all costs, attorneys representing Detroit's state-appointed manager argued Friday.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/28/detroit-em-says-bankruptcy-unavoidable/",
        "title": "Detroit EM says bankruptcy unavoidable",
        "byline": "Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "October 28, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Detroit's emergency manager testified Monday that he had thought as late as June that a bankruptcy filing could be avoided but that he knew time was running out for the city and its creditors to agree concessions.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/10/02/michigan-releases-exchange-plan-costs/",
        "title": "Michigan releases exchange plan costs",
        "byline": "David Eggert, Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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            "name": "David Eggert, Jeff Karoub"
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        "summary": "Technical glitches on launch day for Michigan's new online health insurance marketplace couldn't dampen the relief Hussein Daoud felt for himself, his wife and their six children.",
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        "uri": "/2012/12/07/michigan-legislators-defy-unions-ok-right-to-work/",
        "title": "Michigan legislators defy unions, OK right-to-work",
        "byline": "Jeff Karoub, John Flesher",
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        "prettyDate": "December 07, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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            "webUrl": "/author/profile/jeff-karoub-john-flesher/",
            "name": "Jeff Karoub, John Flesher"
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        "summary": "Michigan acted swiftly compared with Indiana and Wisconsin, where votes to curb union rights followed weeks or months of discussion.",
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        "uri": "/2012/09/20/michigan-senate-pushes-blue-cross-overhaul-bills/",
        "title": "Michigan Senate pushes Blue Cross overhaul bills",
        "byline": "Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "September 20, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The Michigan Legislature took its first steps Wednesday toward tackling a proposed overhaul of the state's largest health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.",
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        "uri": "/2012/08/16/michigan-legislature-approves-changes-for-teachers/",
        "title": "Michigan Legislature approves changes for teachers",
        "byline": "Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "August 16, 2012",
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        "summary": "Newly hired Michigan public school employees would pay more for their pensions and no longer receive state-provided health coverage in retirement under legislation approved Wednesday and headed to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's desk.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/06/15/michigan-approves-teachers-retiree-health-care-pla/",
        "title": "Michigan approves teachers' retiree health care plan",
        "byline": "Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "June 15, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "The legislation would end state-provided health care coverage in retirement but not force teachers into a 401(k)-style retirement plan.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/05/25/michigan-house-to-vote-on-teacher-benefits-bill/",
        "title": "Michigan House to vote on teacher benefits bill",
        "byline": "Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "May 25, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "A plan requiring school employees to pay more toward their pensions but not force new teachers into a 401(k)-style system was approved Thursday.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/02/16/gm-plans-to-freeze-salaried-workers-pensions/",
        "title": "GM plans to freeze salaried workers' pensions",
        "byline": "Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "February 16, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "General Motors Co. plans to freeze its U.S. pension plan for longtime white-collar workers and give all salaried employees annual bonuses but not pay raises in an effort to hold down expenses, officials announced Wednesday.",
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