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Peter Luke: Students take hit on state cuts to higher education - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com

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Peter Luke: Students take hit on state cuts to higher education
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Grants for graduate school tuition were eliminated entirely. This month's report by the Michigan League for Human Services finds much the same trouble at ...

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New smokeless tobacco products ignite debate - Detroit Free Press

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Sun, 08/22/2010 - 5:29am

New smokeless tobacco products ignite debate
Detroit Free Press
That brings up a debate in so many discussions on public health, said Kenneth Warner, dean of the University of Michigan's public health school and a ...

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Offbeat: The Sunday Offbeat - MLive.com

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Offbeat: The Sunday Offbeat
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A statewide drunken driving crackdown that began Thursday has help from the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning. The department has introduced a free ...

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Cheerleaders Cheer: For Safety! - InjuryBoard.com (blog)

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Sat, 08/21/2010 - 12:14pm

Cheerleaders Cheer: For Safety!
InjuryBoard.com (blog)
Bello is a Justice Pac member of the American Association for Justice, Sustaining and Justice Pac member of the Michigan Association for Justice, ...

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Money for transit pays off in economy - Detroit Free Press

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Sat, 08/21/2010 - 3:14am

Money for transit pays off in economy
Detroit Free Press
Getting more money to Michigan's transit systems is essential. Overall, annual state funding for local transit agencies has remained at about $200 million ...

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Granholm praises area for keeping fair alive - Escanaba Daily Press

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Sat, 08/21/2010 - 12:05am

Granholm praises area for keeping fair alive
Escanaba Daily Press
Not only are schools providing more challenging curriculum, the students are responding to the challenge with higher ACT and Michigan Merit scores, ...

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Plagiarism, Flawed MSU Studies, and the People vs. the Ruling Class - Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Fri, 08/20/2010 - 4:18pm

Plagiarism, Flawed MSU Studies, and the People vs. the Ruling Class
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Widespread media coverage ensures that the specious claim will divert attention from the real solution to funding problems in Michigan public schools, ...
Mackinac Center says school consolidation study by MSU professor may contain ... AnnArbor.com

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State awarded $5.7 million federal grant to boost ranks of charter schools - Live 5 News

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Fri, 08/20/2010 - 3:28pm

State awarded $5.7 million federal grant to boost ranks of charter schools
Live 5 News
It represents two years of funding, with additional dollars anticipated for a third year. The state is seeking funds for up to five years. ...

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Local districts wait for word on money - Gaylord Herald Times

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Fri, 08/20/2010 - 1:30pm

Local districts wait for word on money
Gaylord Herald Times
Jim Hilgendorf, Johannesburg-Lewiston (JL) Area Schools superintendent, said while the announcement of additional funding for Michigan schools is good news, ...
Our View: School funding roller coaster Gaylord Herald Times
GCS budget OK even without 'Race to the Top' Gaylord Herald Times
COMMENTARY: School reform is necessary The Morning Sun

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Granholm: Give surplus to community colleges - Michigan Education Report (blog)

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:26pm

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Granholm: Give surplus to community colleges
Michigan Education Report (blog)
The state is receiving an unexpected $300 million in federal assistance for schools as well as $380 million in additional Medicaid funding, but the Medicaid ...
Governor details new plan to balance Mich. budgets BusinessWeek
Governor Granholm Focuses On Michigan Budget Deficit Gov Monitor
Michigan governor unveils plan to balance budgets Reuters
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Our View: School funding roller coaster - Gaylord Herald Times

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Our View: School funding roller coaster
Gaylord Herald Times
School funding continues to be on what seems to be an endless roller-coaster ride. Michigan has received a piece of the $10 billion pie from the federal ...
Local districts wait for word on money Gaylord Herald Times
GCS budget OK even without 'Race to the Top' Gaylord Herald Times
COMMENTARY: School reform is necessary The Morning Sun
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COMMENTARY: School reform is necessary - The Morning Sun

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COMMENTARY: School reform is necessary
The Morning Sun
School funding is again a focal point of the debates. We're already hearing the same old arguments, which are creating the same line divisions. ...

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Ridge View High School unveils new look - WACH

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Thu, 08/19/2010 - 10:45pm

Ridge View High School unveils new look
WACH
She comes to us from WLUC in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where she spent two years as a reporter/weekend anchor. Students in Richland School District 2 ...

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Realignment boom could lead to more busts for small schools - CBSSports.com

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Thu, 08/19/2010 - 9:38pm

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Realignment boom could lead to more busts for small schools
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Most every school in the Big Ten has its games televised on some platform or another. Ohio State and Michigan have suffered from that overexposure so much ...

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DOT awards $13.8 million in grants to school research centers - The Trucker

Yahoo SOS Pipe Feed - Thu, 08/19/2010 - 3:42pm

DOT awards $13.8 million in grants to school research centers
The Trucker
The Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan, based at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute, ...

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Richard Childress' story is a tale of tragedy and triumph - ESPN

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Richard Childress' story is a tale of tragedy and triumph
ESPN
This week, as he announced yet another lucrative sponsorship in the super-funding of his Richard Childress Racing operation -- this one Budweiser for Kevin ...
News of Kevin Harvick's Budweiser sponsorship and other NASCAR announcements ... SI.com

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Governor details new plan to balance Mich. budgets - BusinessWeek

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Governor details new plan to balance Mich. budgets
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Under the new plan, more than $200 million of a previously projected school aid fund surplus would go toward community college funding for the current ...
Governor Granholm Focuses On Michigan Budget Deficit Gov Monitor
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Hurdles loom for governor's budget Detroit Free Press
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Governor Granholm Focuses On Michigan Budget Deficit - Gov Monitor

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Governor Granholm Focuses On Michigan Budget Deficit
Gov Monitor
For fiscal year 2010, the governor is recommending shifting funding for the state's 28 community colleges to the School Aid Fund where the surplus funds can ...
Hurdles loom for governor's budget Detroit Free Press
Granholm proposes budget fixes for 2010, 2011 Michigan Messenger
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Grant will fund broadband expansion in region - Petoskey News-Review

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Grant will fund broadband expansion in region
Petoskey News-Review
Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, both D-Michigan, announced the funding Wednesday. Along with Merit's grant, two others were approved for broadband projects ...

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Schools could see 'Edujobs' funds by fall - Huron Daily Tribune

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Schools could see 'Edujobs' funds by fall
Huron Daily Tribune
LANSING — Michigan, along with other states, has until Sept. 9 to apply for a portion of $10 billion in federal funding, ...
Watkins: School finances need The Detroit News
School changes are emotional battlefield Lansing State Journal

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