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Federal money may be on the table for Detroit

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published May 1, 2014 at 4:08 PM EDT

Kevyn Orr has wrapped up his two days of meeting with lawmakers in Lansing. His goal was to win support for some $350 million as the state's share in the so-called grand bargain.

We shift our focus to money not from the state capitol, but the nation's capitol.

Republicans, even some Democrats, are dead-set against the idea of a federal bailout for Detroit. GOP Senator David Vitter of Louisiana tried and failed last fall to get a law passed to prevent federal money from ever going to the city.

But are the tides changing?

The Obama Administration and Michigan officials are now in talks to give Detroit $100 million federal dollars for blight remediation, and just last week Treasury Secretary Jack Lew visited Detroit.

Detroit Free Press Washington, D.C. reporter Todd Spangler joined us.

Listen to the full interview above.