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Michigan lawmakers surprised at cost of tax breaks for movie makers
By Peter Luke, Booth Newspapers (Lansing)
Movies go over budget all the time. So too, apparently, do movie incentive programs. Lawmakers on Wednesday seemed somewhat stunned by the estimated $110 million price tag of Michigan's new film promotion program.
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Michigan votes to join Great Lakes pact
By Gary Heinlein, The Detroit News
Without a single dissenting vote, the state Senate and House voted Wednesday to include Michigan in a historic international compact designed to reserve all of the water in the Great Lakes for the eight states and two Canadian provinces surrounding them.
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Smoking ban vote delayed
By Gary Heinlein, The Detroit News
House Democrats are scrambling to decide how they will handle surprise Senate-passed legislation that broadens their own ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and other workplaces.
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Cox won't skirt mayor issue
By Mike Wilkinson and Christine MacDonald, The Detroit News
Attorney General Mike Cox won't recuse himself if Gov. Jennifer Granholm seeks advice on whether to remove Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, even though Cox already has called for his resignation, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Fugitive mom pins hopes on Granholm
By David Eggert, The Associated Press, Booth Newspapers (Lansing)
A suburban homemaker arrested at her upscale home near San Diego 32 years after escaping a Detroit-area prison is pinning her hopes of clemency on Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
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Michigan facing budget problems, weaker economy
By David Eggert, The Associated Press, Booth Newspapers (Lansing)
Michigan faces a budget deficit of at least $300 million next year and its economy will be weaker than expected, more bad news in a state that had to raise taxes last year to balance the books.
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Obama makes play for auto industry
By Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press
Barack Obama tried to make amends with the workers and leaders of Michigan's signature automotive industry on Wednesday after bashing it for most of the past year.
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States to enforce molester law on tribal land
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
A little-noticed provision in a 2006 federal sex-offender law is rankling American Indian tribes in six states — Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon and Wisconsin — because it would give state law enforcers unprecedented authority to monitor child molesters living on tribal land.
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WORTH NOTING: South Carolina's shampoo specialists
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
The Palmetto State cleans up a law requiring hairstylists to get more training than cops. Frog legs are frowned upon by Florida health officials. And an aide to Utah's lieutenant governor gets way ahead of his boss. In case you missed those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in.
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WORTH NOTING: Illinois treasurer shows his knowledge of charges
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) endures a bruising charge from Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D). A new Utah law stirs Salt Lake City bartenders to create a new drink. And Louisiana prison guards get outside help to prevent escapes. In case you missed those stories this week, Worth Noting fills you in.
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Great Lakes compact passes
By Stacy Forster and Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Both houses of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved the Great Lakes compact Wednesday, sending it to Gov. Jim Doyle and putting pressure on the states that have not yet ratified it.
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Great Lakes compact earns final approval
By Andrew Beckett, Wisconsin Radio Network
After months of debate, the measure designed to prevent water diversions from the Great Lakes passed the Assembly late Wednesday afternoon. The vote came just hours after the Senate approved the bill.
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Michigan Legislature approves Great Lakes pact
By David Eggert, The Associated Press, Booth Newspapers (Lansing)
After months of waiting, the Michigan Legislature on Wednesday unanimously approved a regional compact to prevent Great Lakes water from being sent to thirsty regions.
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Great Lakes rising after record lows
By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press
The Great Lakes that touch on Michigan will be at or above their levels of last year through the summer, bringing at last some cheer to boaters and cottage owners who faced wide, weedy beaches and boat-scraping shallows last year, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Judge rules against Blue Cross on rate hikes
By Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press
In a victory for consumers, a Lansing administrative law judge ruled Wednesday that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has not made the case to raise rates for individuals who buy their own health insurance.
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Romulus finds fuel to fight Metro runway
By Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press
The federal government's latest aviation forecast shows Detroit Metro Airport is overstating the need for a fifth parallel runway as it pitches a $3.6-billion expansion of the nation's 11th-busiest airport.
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State jobless rate declines
By Tim Martin, The Associated Press, Detroit Free Press
Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined in April, but not because the state had more jobs.
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States, locals swamp immigration program
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Sudden demand by state and local police to join the federal 287(g) initiative, which lets local police start deportation proceedings for suspects and criminals who are illegal immigrants, is overwhelming the federal government. That means long waits and alternative programs offered to police departments that want to join.
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In school sports, who makes the call?
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer
A shot at the buzzer of a high school championship game — was it in time or not? — led the South Carolina Legislature to consider a bill to require referees to watch video replays. It was hardly the first example of armchair quarterbacking by lawmakers.
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Neutral govs to remain on sidelines
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer
 In the homestretch of an unprecedented presidential primary season, spinning with competing sound-bites and endless rhetoric, voters still heading to the polls in four states can’t look to their governors for any pre-election advice. These governors plan to wait until after their states vote to make their own endorsements.
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