Detroit schools to get stopgap aid, more corruption alleged

DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law $48.7 million in emergency funding to keep the Detroit Public Schools open through the end of the school year on Tuesday, the same day that more than a dozen current and former district officials were charged with crimes stemming from a federal corruption investigation.
The state’s largest school district was in danger of starting to run out of money in April. The stopgap spending legislation shows the district’s challenges &ldquo