Granholm to outline budget proposal Wednesday
BY RICK PLUTACapital Bureau Chief, Michigan Public Radio NetworkLANSING -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm will outline her plan to balance the state budget and distribute a $300 million federal windfall to...
View ArticleCMU student among finalists for distinction of College Entrepreneur of 2010
A student at Central Michigan University hopes to earn the title of "College Entrepreneur of 2010" from Entrepreneur magazine.Senior Daniel Pearson is among the competition's top five finalists.Pearson...
View ArticleMichigan farmers could boost economy with fall harvest
Michigan farmers may grow more wheat this fall due to a drought in Russia.Russia has put a ban on wheat exports, causing the places who ordered from the country to look to other sources.          Bob...
View ArticleTemporary CMU faculty approve union
The temporary faculty at CMU have voted to establish a collective bargaining unit. Nearly two-thirds of the eligible votes were in favor of representation by the Union of Teaching Faculty, or UTF.Jim...
View ArticleATLAS sonar helps search Thunder Bay
Researchers hope to find undiscovered shipwrecks near Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary using new sonar technology.The sonar is called ATLAS, for Autonomous Topographic Large Area Survey. It can...
View ArticleMDOT evaluates communities' "walkability"
State officials are helping communities identify ways to be more walkable. The Department of Transportation will visit seventeen communities to recommend ways to ease traffic and promote walking.MDOT...
View ArticleMDOT announces transportation enhancement grants
The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced nearly $15 million in funding for transportation enhancement projects.MDOT Director of Communications Bill Shreck says over $3 million of that...
View ArticleState House fills budget holes with school aid surplus
BY LAURA WEBERMichigan Public Radio NetworkLANSING -- The state House has approved a $208 million transfer from the School Aid Fund to fill holes in other areas of the state budget. The money had been...
View ArticleGOP has high hopes for Calley on ticket
BY RICK PLUTACapital Bureau Chief, Michigan Public Radio NetworkGRAND RAPIDS -- Republican nominee for governor Rick Snyder has turned to an inconspicuous member of the Legislature to be his running...
View ArticleWeaver expected to resign from Michigan Supreme Court today
LANSING -- Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver is expected to announce her resignation from the state's high court Thursday afternoon.Weaver told the Traverse City Record-Eagle that she...
View ArticlePine River Cable ordered to stop doing business in Michigan
Audio for this story will be posted around 7 p.m.A cable company that that once provided TV service to parts of rural Michigan has been banned from doing business in the state.Pine River Cable was...
View ArticleSecretary of State hopes to dispel EDL rumors
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land says rumors about Michigan's enhanced drivers' licenses and state IDs are misleading.Residents can choose the newly-designed cards as an option to a passport --...
View ArticleFarm bureau holds elections conference today
Michigan's candidates for governor, secretary of state and attorney general will outline their plans for the state's agriculture industry today.Candidates from both sides of the aisle have been invited...
View ArticleCMU researchers study attention disorders, driving habits
Young adults with attention disorders tend to make more driving errors than those without those disorders, according to researchers at Central Michigan University.Researchers say having...
View ArticleMDOT suspends most roadwork this weekend
Vacationers will have less roadwork than usual to deal with this holiday weekend.The Michigan Department of Transportation is lifting traffic restrictions on 122 of 173 construction projects statewide,...
View ArticleAuthorities investigate cause of infant's death
Authorities in Boyne City continue to investigate the death of an infant. A passerby found the full term infant's remains in a backpack Tuesday.Charlevoix County Prosecutor John Jarema says...
View ArticleForeign language proficiency in US is weak, according to professor
Less than 10% of US adults are fluent in a foreign language, according to Dr. Sue Knight, Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Central Michigan University.She says...
View ArticleTraverse City environmental cleanup begins next week
Brief traffic delays can be expected along Holiday Road in Traverse City next week, as crews remove contaminated soil and groundwater near GJ's Party Store.According to Anne Emmington with the...
View ArticleGranholm proposes extended K-12 school year, educators have mixed feelings
Gov. Jennifer Granholm believes K-12 students should stay in school for at least 180 days, according to her Sept. 8 proposal. But education leaders are debating whether Michigan schools should have a...
View ArticleFourth case of Bovine TB found this year in Michigan
HARBOR SPRINGS- A farm in Emmet County has been quarantined due to Bovine Tuberculosis. The Michigan Department of Agriculture says more cases of Bovine TB could mean trouble for farms in northern...
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