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MICHIGAN

State officials pass bill to balance budget

The Michigan Senate passed the final piece of legislation to balance the 2007 fiscal year budget. The bill would free up to $94 million in surplus revenue from the Michigan Merit Award Trust Fund and make it available for use in the state's General Fund. The surplus revenue will then go toward zeroing out the remainder of the $800 million deficit for the current fiscal year.

MICHIGAN

Chili cook-off gets cooking in Lansing

The 12th annual Lansing Board of Water and Light Chili Cook-off will take place from 5-9 p.m. today, along more than a quarter mile of Grand River's east bank, north of the Lansing Center. For $5, attendees can sample chili from about 40 restaurants and organizations.

MICHIGAN

Student goes for sweet record

It's a regular business office in City Hall, but the air smells like a birthday party. The sugary-sweet aroma of cupcakes draws in almost anyone who enters the second floor where Meghan Schwarb works.

MSU

Forum highlights research

The role research universities will play in revitalizing Michigan's economy was the theme of a forum sponsored Thursday by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Participants of the forum, titled "Michigan's Research Universities: Their Impact on the Economy," discussed a study by the Anderson Economic Group.

MICHIGAN

Shop holds skate day festivities

Compared with the 7-year-olds who regularly walk into his Lansing skateboard shop, Steve Darling is a bit older. That's how the nickname "skate dad" stuck, the 21-year-old said. Today, Darling will join his clientele - who range from elementary school to middle-aged - on the ramps to celebrate Go Skateboarding Day. Go Skateboarding Day, which Congress has recognized since 2004, raises awareness about the skateboarding culture. "Basically, it's just a day to go skateboarding.

MICHIGAN

4-H queen reinstated after charges dropped

The Oakland County Fair Board has reinstated animal science junior Kate Mills as the 4-H queen, according to reports from The Associated Press. Mills' title had been taken after charges were filed against her and her family for animal cruelty and torture at their Imlay Township family farm.

MICHIGAN

See Mudge's Follies at Yankee Doodle Days

Take a journey back in time, to an age when flower power was a way of life and "groovy" was considered trendy slang, with Grand Ledge's 27th annual Yankee Doodle Days. Get down to "Sounds of the Sixties," performed by Mudge's Follies at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday in the Grand Ledge High School auditorium, 820 Springs St.

MSU

German enriches students

High school students participating in a German Summer Camp this week are submerging themselves into the culture - right at MSU. The free camp, which meets 2-5 p.m., Monday-Friday this week in C-311 Wells Hall, is geared toward creating a better understanding of German culture.

MSU

Trustees honor 10 professors

MSU added 10 University Distinguished Professors for 2007, bumping up the total number to 104 since the designation process was authorized in 1989. The MSU Board of Trustees approved Friday the following professors recommended by MSU Provost Kim Wilcox: Wolfgang Bauer, Timothy C.

MICHIGAN

Project SAFE Street results in 214 arrests

Michigan State Police, along with the Michigan Department of Corrections, arrested 214 fugitives during a three-day sweep of the state. The sweep, which occurred June 5-7, was a part of Project SAFE Street, or Statewide Apprehension of Fugitives Effort Street Sweep.

MICHIGAN

Michigan budget problems could affect statewide fair funding

Because of statewide budget troubles, fairground officials are concerned that maintenance of facilities and exhibitor payouts will become a more difficult task in the near future. If funding doesn't come through, there could be an effect on how the fairgrounds will be run and maintained, said Tom Edman, Ingham County Fairgrounds executive director. "We are doing fine as we speak," he said.