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Volume #49, Report #51--Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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M.E.G.A. RECIPIENT ARRESTED ON PAROLE VIOLATION
In a significant embarrassment for Governor Jennifer Granholm, the CEO of a company winning a $9.1 million Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credit on Tuesday was arrested Wednesday for a parole violation after it was revealed that CEO Richard Short had been convicted for embezzlement.
GRANHOLM ROASTED OVER 'MEATOUT DAY'
Agriculture boosters, Republicans, some Democrats, meat enthusiasts and vegetarian bashers did the political equivalent Wednesday of putting Governor Jennifer Granholm on a spit over her designation of Saturday as Michigan Meatout Day.
FIREWORKS POPPED TO SUPPORT D.E.L.E.G.
Fireworks that are currently illegal in Michigan would no longer be so and people who sold them would be charged a fee under a revenue assumption made in the House subcommittee version of the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth budget.
M.S.P. BUDGET INCLUDES TICKET HIKE; CLOSES DETROIT POST
Traffic tickets issued in Michigan would cost $5 more under a House subcommittee budget recommendation for the Department of State Police that uses the $6 million in expected revenue to cover a series of programs.
7 BUDGETS CLEAR SENATE APPROPRIATIONS WITH FEW CHANGES
Movement toward Senate passage of its originated budgets took a big step forward Wednesday when the Appropriations Committee approved on mostly party-line votes all seven budget bills with no major changes.
PAY RAISE FOR STATE WORKERS LOOKS SAFE AFTER LATEST VOTE
With the Senate failing for a second time Wednesday to rescind the 3 percent raise scheduled to take effect October 1 for union-represented state employees, it appears more and more likely that those workers will get the pay hike.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET LEFT IN LIMBO
A vote on a general government budget that includes a cut to local revenue sharing will have to wait another day as the House Appropriations Committee dropped the measure Wednesday after the subcommittee version failed to be adopted.
POLL: REPUBLICANS STILL LEAD GOVERNOR'S RACE
The leading four Republican candidates for governor are performing better among the voters than Democrats, according to a new poll on the race released Wednesday.
