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Archive of Michigan on Thursday July 02, 2009
MI: Sex offenders released by mistake
At least 62 convicted sex offenders, including 40 from Metro Detroit, were erroneously released from Detroit prisons last week and on the loose for days before the mistake was noticed and they were taken back into custody. Read More
MI: Michigan graduation rates are mostly unchanged
Three-quarters of Michigan's students are graduating high school within four years, according to new data from the state that reveals few changes from 2007, yet shows no gains in the high drop-out rates among the state's minority students. Read More
Stimulus eases community college troubles
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system. Read More
Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes. Read More
VT: Vt income tax revenues saw 5th-biggest decline in first third
A new national study finds that Vermont's income tax revenues dropped more sharply than those of all but four other states in the first four months of this year. Read More
MI: WSU governors vote to raise tuition
Wayne State University students — except for Michigan undergraduates — will pay about 5.4% more in tuition and fees this fall over last year's rates. Read More
MI: Michigan's tourism ad applauded
The Pure Michigan tourism ad campaign has been named one of the 10 best promotional advertising campaigns of all time by the business publication Forbes.com. Read More
MI: Michigan fat and getting fatter
Michigan adults are the ninth-fattest in the nation, and the state is spending about $3 billion a year dealing with related health problems, according to a report released Wednesday by a national health care foundation. Read More
US: Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes
More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes. Read More
US: Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Read More |
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