State elections officials agreed on Wednesday to put Michigan's controversial emergency manager law before voters in November, and attorneys got busy across the state.
In Detroit, Detroit Public Schools emergency manager Roy Roberts headed to court to try to neutralize the district's school board.
In Lansing, officials in Gov. Rick Snyder's administration quickly reappointed leaders in four cities and three school districts where emergency managers have controlled operations.
The state Board of Canvassers approved a ballot referendum Wednesday to allow voters to decide whether to keep Public Act 4. The law gives a state-appointed emergency manager authority of a financially failing city or school district to take over operations and modify labor agreements.
