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Budget negotiations extend late into night
After spending all day and evening Wednesday in marathon budget negotiations, the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate failed to pass a budget by their midnight deadline at press time Wednesday, after the Senate adjourned until 12:15 a.m. without sending a continuation budget to Gov. Jennifer Granholm to avoid a partial state government shutdown.
House votes to cut Michigan Promise Scholarship, reinstate with alternative funds
The fate of the Michigan Promise Scholarship still hangs in the balance following three votes today in the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate.
Citizens weigh impact of Props. 1, 2
Lynn Allen stores his brownies inside a zipper sandwich bag in his refrigerator, atop a plastic container of homemade cannabis butter.
Senate approves temporary budget
Fearing the possibility for budget negotiations to drag on past the Oct. 1 deadline, the Senate approved a temporary budget Friday.
At the Capitol crossroads
The Michigan Promise Scholarship might not go up in smoke because of a bill submitted Thursday by the state House Appropriations Committee and MSU could receive $7 million in stimulus funds, if two plans working their way through the state government are approved.
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