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Michigan Report Top Stories
Volume #48, Report #84--Friday, May 1, 2009
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E.O. BUDGET CUT DEAL APPEARS CLOSE AT HAND
Key lawmakers and the Granholm administration were working out the final details Friday on an executive order that will cut more than $300 million from the 2008-09 budget. Sources also indicated the EO could mean the state would seek as many as six furlough days from state workers.
GRANHOLM SAYS SHE IS FOCUSED ON BEING GOVERNOR WITH COURT OPENING PENDING
With a pending vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court leading to officials across the nation speculating that she could be candidate for the nation's highest court, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Friday she is focused on finishing her term.
MORE CASES OF SWINE FLU REPORTED IN THE STATE
State officials said that as many as 16 new cases of swine flu, officially the H1N1-Influenza A flu, have been reported in the state.
AUDIT FAULTS STATE FAIR TICKET CONTROLS
The governing agency for the Michigan State Fair did not exercise adequate inventory control over its ticket and parking sales, a financial audit of the Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Authority found.
COMPANY SCRAPS COAL POWER PLANT IN MIDLAND
Mid-Michigan Energy, an affiliate of LS Power Group, has dropped plans to build a 750-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Midland.
WEISER: ECONOMIC VISION FOR 2010
In his ramp up to defeat Democrats in 2010, state Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser said he's honed in on showing voters Republicans have an economic vision that they haven't seen from Governor Jennifer Granholm.
LAWMAKER AIMS TO BRING SOME BACCALAUREATE DEGREES TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Community colleges would be in the position to offer baccalaureate degrees for certain fields - nursing, cement technology and culinary arts - under legislation introduced this week in the House.
