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Monday Morning State News Summary Mon, 08 Mar 2010 2:55:02 EST A Senate Committee As Early As This Week Could Vote To Require Local School Districts To Hold Their School Elections In November Or In August Of Even Numbered Years. Supporters Say The Goal Is To Save Money. For Years, School Districts Have Held Stand Alone Elections On Different Dates, And Critics Say That's Too Costly. A Senate Fiscal Agency Report Says Schools In Michigan Could Safe Seven (M) Million Dollars. The Bill Does Say However That A School District Could Hold An Election In November Of An Odd-Numbered Year, But Only If At Least One City In The District Held Another Election At That Time And It Involved More Than Half Of The School District's Voters. (Capitol-St. Andrews Bill) A House Committee Will Take Up Legislation This Week That Would To Require The Department Of Natural Resources And Environment To Sell Land To A Golf Course Developer In Northeast Lower Michigan. The Issue Involves A Potential Exact Replica Of Scotland's St. Andrews Golf Course, The Oldest In The World, Being Built In Iosco County's Oscoda Township. It's Believed By Some That Such A Course Could Potentially Become A Major Tourist Attraction. The Developer Says The Course Would Cost About Three- Or Four-Million Dollars To Build And It Would Be As Exact A Replica Of St. Andrews As Possible, Even Down To Detailed Elevations. Some Residents Of The Area Have Started A Petition Drive To Try To Stop The Plan From Going Forward. The Measure Is Before The House Tourism, Outdoor Recreation & Natural Resources Committee. (Mi-Deroche Charged) Former Michigan House Speaker Craig Deroche Has Been Charged With One Misdemeanor Count Of Operating While Intoxicated. The Novi Republican Was Charged Thursday In Washtenaw County. Deroche Was Arrested Last Month On Suspicion Of Drunken Driving In Saline. When Arrested , He Registered A .249 Blood Alcohol Content Level, More Than Three Times The Legal Limit. If Convicted, Deroche Faces Up To 93 Days In Jail And 500-Dollars In Fines. (Detroit-Viper To End) The Production Of The Final 500 Models Of The Dodge Viper Will Reportedly Begin Later This Month. Those Vehicles Are Built At Chrysler Llc's Conner Avenue Assembly Plant In Detroit. The Future Of The Viper Has Been In Doubt Since The Automaker Reorganized Under Bankruptcy Protection Last Year. The 2010 Viper Will Reportedly Have Over Seven-Thousand Color And Option Combinations. Chrysler Llc Has Been Behind Competitors In The Race To Introduce New Vehicles. The New Jeep Grand Cherokee Is Scheduled To Begin Production In May. Updates To The Chrysler 300 And Dodge Charger Are Expected To Go On Sale In November. The Automaker Will Also Begin Production Of The Fiat 500 At Its Facility In Toluca, Mexico In December. (Metro Source) (Det School Cameras) Increased Security Measures Will Be In Place In The Detroit Public Schools District Beginning Next Year. Last Week, Dps Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb Announced A 41-Point-Seven-Million-Dollar Technological Upgrade, Which Will Include A State Of The Art Alarm And Digital Camera System. Every High School In The District Will Have 100 New Cameras Which Will Be Placed Throughout The Buildings. Under The Initiative, K-8 Schools Will Each Receive 32 Cameras And Elementary Schools Will Get 24 Cameras. Bobb Also Announced Every High School Student Will Be Given New Identification Badges Which Will Help Monitor Attendance And Keep Non-Students From Entering School Buildings. Most Of The Funding For The Upgrades Will Come From The Over 500-Million-Dollar Bond Issue Detroit Residents Approved Last Year. (Metro Source) (Race Fixing) State Police Have Executed Search Warrants At Three Homes, In Connection With A Probe Into Race Fixing At Three Horse Race Tracks. Warrents Were Executed In Three Southeast Michigan Homes. The Investigation Is Targeting Races At Hazel Park Harness Raceway, Northville Downs And Sports Creek Raceway. As Many As 30 Harness Drivers, Trainers, Owners, And Gamblers Could Be Targeted. Track Operators Do Not Appear To Be Involved And Are Cooperating With The Investigation, According To The Gongwer News Service. (Mi/Wash-Jobs Bill) The U-S Senate Is Poised To Act This Week On A 15 (B) Billion Dollar Jobs Bill That Offers A Series Of Tax Credits And Other Stimulus Measures To Create An Estimated 300-Thousand Jobs. The "Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment" (Hire) Act Provides 13 (B) Billion Dollars In Small Business Incentives To Hire And Retrain New Employees, With A 2010 Exemption For The Employer Share Of Social Security Taxes. It Also Provides A One-Thousand Dollar Income Tax Credit For Every New Worker They Keep Employed For 52 Weeks, And A Payroll Tax Holiday. The Senate Also Expects To Approve A One-Year Extension Of Unemployment Benefits, Which Senate Democrat Carl Levin Says Michigan Sorely Needs. The "Hire" Act Also Extends Capital Expenditure Tax Deductions Up To 250-Thousand Dollars For Small Business Expenditures In 2010, And The Highway Trust Fund For Billions In New Infrastructure Investments, Nationwide. The "Hire" Act Would Be Fully Paid-For, Under Congressional "Paygo" Rules. (Lansing-Money Back College) College Students Are Getting An Offer They May Not Be Able To Refuse. Lansing Community College Is Set To Launch A Pilot Program That Will Refund A Students Tuition If They Don't Get A Job Within One Year. The Program Is Designed For Students In Four Newly Created Job Training Courses At The College. Money Back Guarantees Have Been Offered For Various Courses At Oakland Community College And Henry Ford Community College. The Program At Lcc Is Slated To Begin In May For Those Students Taking Courses In Pharmacy Technician, Quality Inspection, Customer Service And Home Technology Installation. (Metro Source) (Harrison-Explosive Defused) State Police Explosives Experts Were Called To A Clare County Home Saturday After Authorities Discovered A Home-Made Explosive Device. The "Bay City Times" Reports Clare County Sheriffs Deputies Were Called To A Suspicious Situation In The White Birch Subdivision Near Farwell Where They Found Several Marijuana Plants, Firearms And The Explosive Device. A Bomb Squad From Lansing Disposed Of The Explosive 49-Year-Old Farwell Man On Suspicion Of Being A Felon In Possession Of Firearms, Felon In Possession Of Body Armor And Possession Of An Explosive Device. (Mi-Fugative Captured) A Michigan Man On The Run From Authorities For Nine Years Has Been Captured In New Mexico. Michael Smith Was Serving Time For Marijuana Possession, Fraud And Attempted Assault When He Escaped In August Of 2001. He Used The Alias Of Michael Redd And Had Also Lived In Colorado During His Time On The Run. Federal Officials Were Notified Of His Location When He Submitted Fingerprints As Part Of Pre-Employment Requirement To Be A Truck Driver. (Metro Source) (Weekend Lottery) There Were No Winning Tickets In Saturday's Two-Point-Three (M) Million Dollar Classic Lotto Jackpot Drawing. That Means Wednesday's Jackpot Will Be Worth Two-Point-Five (M) Million Dollars. The Numbers Drawn Saturday Were: 3, 16, 28, 30, 34, And 44. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 3 Lottery On Sunday Were: 0-8-9. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 4 Lottery Were: 4-1-9-5. The Winning Numbers For The Evening 3 Lottery Were: 1-0-3. The Winning Numbers For The Evening 4 Lottery Were: 8-1-0-2. The Winning Numbers For The Fantasy 5 Lottery Were: 09-13-16-19-32. The Winning Numbers For The Keno Lottery Were: 02-07-08-14-16-19-21-22-23-24-27-28-34-42-43-48-57-58-62-66-77-80. The Winning Numbers For The Powerball Lottery For Saturday Are: 10-29-33-41-59, Powerball: 15, Power Play: 2 The Jackpot Is Projected To Be $170 (M) Million Dollars. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 3 Lottery On Saturday Were: 9-5-4. The Winning Numbers For The Midday 4 Lottery Saturday Were: 1-2-5-7. The Winning Numbers For The Evening 3 Saturday Were: 7-5-6. The Winning Numbers For The Evening 4 Game Saturday Were: 2-4-3-1. The Winning Numbers For The Fantasy 5 Lottery Were: 09-21-28-32-38. The Winning Keno Numbers Saturday Were: 04-15-22-27-32-36-37-40-44-49-51-56-57-58-60-64-65-68-69-70-71-73. Tuesday's Mega Millions Jackpot Will Be Worth $12 (M) Million Dollars. |
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