Big ideas for Michigan schools

By Chastity Pratt Dawsey, Robin Erb and Lori Higgins, Detroit Free Press

Education experts and observers say Michigan needs big, provocative ideas for turning around its low-performing schools and raising academic performance in general across the state.
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Granholm -- Carp battle is urgent

By Tina Lam and Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press

The federal government says it's doing everything it can to fight carp, but Michigan's governor does not agree.
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Feds may close locks to stop carp

By Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune

At a White House meeting Monday on the Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes, federal officials said they may seek to close navigational locks on Chicago-area waterways for up to three or four days a week, a move that would restrict cargo shipping and recreational boating. Read More

Governors meet at White House about Asian carp

By Mark Guarino, The Christian Science Monitor

The governors of Michigan and Wisconsin met at the White House Monday to discuss the next steps in preventing the invasive Asian carp's potential entry into Lake Michigan from an Illinois shipping canal. The Illinois governor, Pat Quinn, also participated in the meeting by teleconference. Read More

U.S. officials plan $78.5 million effort to keep dangerous carp out of great lakes

By Monica Davey, The New York Times

CHICAGO — Federal authorities on Monday presented a $78.5 million plan intended to block Asian carp, a hungry, huge, nonnative fish, from invading the Great Lakes. Read More

U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra seeking ideas for keeping Asian carp at bay

By Dave Alexander, mlive.com

MUSKEGON, Mich. -- If you've got an idea on how to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra wants to hear it. Read More

State, union reach tentative deal

By Staff Reports, Lansing State Journal

The Office of the State Employer and a union representing 2,000 state employees have reached a tentative agreement on concessions. Read More

State regulators order Consumers Energy to repay about $86 million to electric customers

By Chris Gautz, mlive.com

State regulators have ordered Consumers Energy to repay its electric customers about $86 million after finding the utility improperly kept the money as general revenue, rather than putting it in a trust fund to pay for cleaning up a nuclear power plant site. Read More

Lansing mayor, Ann Arbor businessman tout renegade theme in governor's race

By Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press

Two gubernatorial candidates from opposing parties who are introducing themselves to voters share something: Both are running as antiestablishment candidates. Read More

Bernero promises campaign will be for working people of Michigan

By Susan Vela, Lansing State Journal

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero played to the crowd he knows best while wrapping up the kickoff of his campaign for governor Monday evening at the Lansing Center. Read More

Rebate funding expected to go fast as cash for appliance clunkers set to begin in Michigan

By Ron Cammel, mlive.com

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Starting Wednesday, Michigan shoppers are in line for $25 to $100 in rebates when they replace their old appliances with energy-efficient models -- but only for a limited time. Read More

General Dynamics to close Norton Shores facility

By Staff Reports, mlive.com

NORTON SHORES, Mich. -- General Dynamics Land Systems, a national defense contractor based in the Detroit area, announced Monday it will close its Muskegon Technical Center on June 14, company officials said. Read More

Auto suppliers hiring up to 525

By Barbara Wieland, Lansing State Journal

DELTA TWP., Mich. -- Local auto suppliers will hire hundreds of people in mid-Michigan in the coming weeks as they prepare to support a third shift at a General Motors Co. assembly plant in Delta Township. Read More

Climate stance criticized

By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)

Eight state environmental groups sent a letter to Gov. Bobby Jindal last week asking the state stop acting "in an obstructionist manner on climate change." Read More

Summary of the Michigan state of the state address

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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) urged state lawmakers in her state of the state address Feb. 3 to fix a budget process that has twice in the last three years shut down Michigan government. Read More

Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D)
Elected: November 2002, 2006
Term expires: January 2011

	State capital: Lansing
	State nickname: The Great Lakes State
	Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry (D)
	Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land (R)
	Attorney General Mike Cox (R)
	Senate Majority Leader: Michael D Bishop (R)
	House Speaker: Andy Dillon (D)

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