Michigan News

At least 26 of Michigan's 147 state lawmakers, mostly state senators, are voluntarily giving up some of their pay as the state deals with a budget crisis.

Here are vital statistics for Friday, July 10, 2009: Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Tammy Casson, of Kalamazoo, a son.

Michigan arts and cultural organizations are getting another round of grants from the federal stimulus package.

Butler County Sheriff Deputies have arrested six men in an undercover internet child sex sting.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is taking her campaign for green technology to the governor's residence.

A man has pleaded guilty to illegally taking a 5-foot sturgeon from the Grand River in Grand Rapids.

The memory of the King of Rock 'n' Roll lives on this week in Michigan. The 10th annual Michigan ElvisFest is Friday and Saturday at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti's Depot Town.

Here are the vital statistics for July 9, 2009. Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Darryl and Cresenda Blasingame, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.

Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. General Motors C.E.O. Fritz Henderson will speak at a press conference Friday morning.

Jul. 9--Michigan is making $1 million in micro loans available to entrepreneurs in key industries in an effort to increase the number of successful start-up companies in the state.

A poll suggests Michigan residents would like the Legislature to slash its own expenses before cutting school and police funding.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has returned from an international trade trip with the announcement that a German battery technology company plans to search for a manufacturing location on the west side of the state.

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President Barack Obama will come to Warren next Tuesday. The city of Warren, hard-hit by auto industry downsizing, will be the site of President Barack Obama's visit to Michigan next Tuesday.

Lima Township officials will make a determination next Monday whether or not to pursue the case of Beach, et al v. Lima Township in the Michigan Supreme Court.

A program that helps troubled teenagers turn their lives around is in danger of shutting down.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox wants the state to create an independent office to investigate Medicaid fraud.

A settlement announced Tuesday marks the end of a long legal dispute between the producer of Ice Mountain bottled water and an environmental group that fought for years to prevent or reduce the company's withdrawal of groundwater in lower Michigan.

NEWS RELEASE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* Straits State Harbor dedication and public tours planned for July 18 The Department of Natural Resources is celebrating the opening of Michigan's newest and most energy-efficient harbor, Straits State Harbor in Mackinaw City, on Saturday, July 18.

Experts in several fields have praised the Pure Michigan tourism ad campaign as a success, and even Forbes has ranked it as one of the best efforts of its kind of all-time. However, the state is having trouble finding a way to continue funding it.