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The article discusses the financial difficulties facing the school district in Pontiac, Michigan and the measures that the school board is taking to respond to the crisis. The school board has plans to close eight schools in order to reduce the $10 million budget deficit. Michigan has been hard hit by the recession in the U.S. because of the flagging auto industry has been a large part of the state's economic wealth. Proposal A reformed government aid to education in the state in that education finance was supported by sales tax and property assessments. Damon O. Dorkins is president of the school board and Christopher Northcross is its longest serving member.

This article discusses the efforts of the Ypsilanti School District in Michigan to reduce its budget deficit. As districts finalize budgets for 2006-07, the sobering financial picture Ypsilanti faces is playing out in schools across the country. And it is complicated by a host of factors that school boards have little ability or authority to fight. State funding is flat, federal money is falling, and local governments are flailing as they struggle to deal with skyrocketing costs for pensions and health care. Add to that a slower-than-expected recovery from the post-September 11 downturn, escalating fuel costs, and an aging workforce that is living longer in retirement.

The article offers information on the problems encountered by the public schools in Detroit, Michigan. It states that the public education system in Detroit is considered to experience a collapse which refers to having a budget deficit of 90 million dollars and a forced closure on March 15, 1973. Moreover, it mentions that the new school constructions in Detroit have been stopped, the existing schools are getting overcrowded, and the supply rooms are becoming unproductive.

The article presents brief information about an expected $17 million budget deficit at the Detroit Public Library in fiscal year 2001/2012 which starts on July 1st and the Michigan library's budget reduction plan.

Because issues were so clear-cut, the story of the 1938 campaign and election in Michigan is quickly told. Nowhere in the nation were the opposing philosophies of government more sharply in contrast. These basic philosophies were dearly evidenced in attitudes of the opposing candidates with respect to the great strikes of 1931. This administration stood firm on the policy it had adopted upon taking office in January, 1937. A budgetary deficit of $8,750,000 for the 1937-38 fiscal year was incurred primarily because the recession necessitated relief expenditures totaling $16,000,000, or $8,000,000 more than legislative appropriations for that purpose.

The article focuses on the online learning requirement provided to high school students in Michigan. C. Christensen and colleagues assert that software advancement, teaching-for-learning research, teacher shortages, and budget deficit are among the reasons for the emergence of online learning. It notes that the 20-hour online learning provided to students helps them in their education development plan. It also asserts that schools must take advantage of the benefits of the online learning.

The article presents the author's views regarding the annual meeting of the Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It describes closing banquet on the shore of Lake Michigan and the wiki training workshop. The author also calls for participation of members in the CBHL advocacy on behalf of the National Agricultural Library which is allegedly facing federal budget cuts.

The article focuses on the economic problems in Detroit, Michigan in 1961. It notes the decline of the automobile production, the replacement of workers in the plants that remained and the number of workforce which was unemployed. The city has lost 16 million dollars in taxes in the past four years and was warned to have a 15 million dollars budget deficit for this year. Henry Ford II suggests that the people should be interested in the community and government to help solve the problem.

This article focuses on the impending budget crisis, as reported by Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan. Michigan's budget deficit is smaller than that of many other states, and its economy has been doing relatively well. Anyway, Granholm is Michigan's third governor in a row to enter office with a budget deficit facing her. She had already hacked $127 million out of the schools budget, which is separate in Michigan. Far more brutality will be required before these budgets can be agreed for the next year, when the total deficit is an estimated $1.7 billion. School districts have less leeway in Michigan than elsewhere since state taxes largely replaced local property taxes as the source of the schools' money.

Reports budget constraints on the expansion of early childhood programs in Michigan. Possible shortfall in the state school aid budget; Preservation of some projects aimed at home visits and other services for infants and toddlers; Decision of legislators to hold bonus and testing plans; Statistics on public schools.

Reports on a financial audit of the Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan which reveals a big deficit. Problems with the library's accounting software; Comments from Board President Richard Dougherty that an investigation into the deficit is underway; Plans to cut back on library spending for the next fiscal year.

The article reports on the revision of the earlier decision of the City Council and the approval of a measure that would advance Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's plan to sell the city's half of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit, Michigan. The sale of the tunnel would eliminate a $60 million deficit in the $3.04 billion budget for fiscal 2009. The vote of the council meant that the city was able to avoid layoffs of up to 1,3000 city employees.

The state is facing an immediate $3.2 billion budget hole for the current fiscal year, with revenue estimates cut more than $5 billion for the next two. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that school libraries in the Detroit Metropolitan area in Michigan are bracing for a round of budget cuts that are likely to mean closings and layoffs before the end of summer 2004. Plans of Birmingham and Livonia in order to save money; Amount to be cut from the school district of Garden City that will affect librarians; Decision of the Dearborn Heights school district about laying off library staff.

In this article the author discusses how local governments across the U.S. are coping with huge budget shortfalls by merging, coordinating, consolidating, and contracting services with neighboring jurisdictions. According to the author, this cross-jurisdiction collaboration is aimed at achieving new economies of scale. The author says that in Michigan, the cities of Ann Arbor and Chelsea have signed a contract to share information technology resources.

The article offers information on low addiction treatment funding due to rising budget deficit in Michigan. Reportedly, the deficit reached to $1.32 billion, which indicates that the state will need more stimulus money. It is estimated that there will be at least 5% cut to substance abuse treatment because of the economic crisis.

The article reports that a school board decision to privatize custodial and transportation services would make 150 employees of Birmingham Public Schools lose their jobs in 2009. The decision was made by the board in order to address the district's $3.2 million budget deficit. Officials argued that the deficit would only increase until the state makes a revision to the school funding formula.

The article reports on the impact of the budget cuts faced by the Michigan government on the state's information technology group. According to the author, the state's IT group does not expect that its high-profile projects will be severely affected. Kurt Weiss, a spokesman from the IT group, claimed that the agency is confident that the funding for major projects will remain intact despite the budget situation by the Michigan government. The three major projects of Michigan's IT group include a revamping of the state's Medicaid system.

Presents news for the week of July 28, 2003. Special stamp for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver; Errors in Fodor's maps of Canada; Excavation of a Michigan yard that failed to unearth ex-Teamster boss; Budget deficit of U.S. President George W. Bush; Auction that was run by Warren Buffett.

The article profiles Brandon Fournier, Southgate City Administrator who handles Southgate budget deficits in Michigan. He has been engaged in negotiations that led to union consolidation and collaborative services in three communities. Fournier has worked under Southgate Mayor Joseph Kuspa and primarily handles the four million dollar budget deficits and worked to cut the costs without preventing services by combining emergency dispatch services.

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District and New Haven Community Schools have manageable fiscal stress and will not require emergency management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that Standard & Poor's Corp. has been optimistic to recover the future budget deficits by strong budget management in Michigan. Analyst Jane Hudson Ridley of Standar & Poor's said that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will supplement the negative economic situation of the Big Three automakers. The agency rated the state with AA-minus general obligation rating that sustained downturn result from the relative importance of domestic automakers.

The article reports that Michigan Emergency Loan Board has issued two emergency loans for school districts such as the Pontiac School District and the Benton Harbor school district, under its emergency management plan. Topics discussed include budget deficits faced by the Pontiac school district, loans offered to the Muskegon Heights school district and difficulties faced by school districts in covering payrolls. Also mentions Governor Rick Snyder.

Detroit, Michigan-based Meadow Brook Theatre, may possible close down its business operations, as of May 2003. Its owner Oakland University, which like other state universities in the region, is facing major budget deficits. The university's board of trustees is scheduled to vote on deciding the future of the theatre, on June 4, 2003. A vote had originally been scheduled for May 7, 2003, but a hastily formed group of employees and supporters called the Committee to Save Meadow Brook Theatre asked the university for time to put together a proposal to preserve the venue as a not-for-profit local producer. Also on the trustees' table is a proposal from Detroit, Michigan-based producer Joseph Nederlander to lease the 600-seat theatre and present shows there, paying the university $1,000 for each week of performances, plus 50 cents for each ticket sold. The theatre has some 40 employees, from seamstresses and carpenters to designers, stage managers, and administrators, and it is a mainstay for the Detroit theatre community, paying the highest actors' wages around under its LORT B contract.

The article reports on the preparation of Detroit City Council to either approve or reject the financial stability plan of the city in Detroit, Michigan. It notes the move of the council in approving 137 million dollar bond sale refinancing package needed for the city's April 1 debt payment of the fiscal year. Moody's, Fitch Ratings, and Standards & Poor's have further downgraded the city's below-investment-grade ratings that triggered the termination payment and other impending budget deficits.

The article suggests municipal bankruptcy as a remedy for budget deficits in the Detroit, Michigan. According to the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, the city is in danger of bankruptcy due to its decline revenue and increased expenses and describes the financial picture of the city in stark terms, which includes shrinking population, growing costs and growing costs. It states the need of an emergency financial manager so that city can file for Chapter 9 protection or municipal bankruptcy.

The article provides information on various developments in the state of Michigan. The state's budget deficits prompted Governor Jennifer Granholm to suspend the funding of two state fairs, one in the Upper Peninsula and the other in Detroit. Federal officials have denied the petition to put the coaster brook trout on the endangered species list.

The article presents news briefs related to Michigan. According to a report from Citizens Research Council of Michigan, lawmakers will be facing budget deficits in 2009. Business entities and trusts that own real estate and transfer a controlling interest in their entities, will pay the transfer tax if their property comprise 90% or more of their assets' fair market value. Linda Parker, director of Michigan Department of Civil Rights, was appointed as a judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court.

The article reports on the plan of Pontiac School District (PSD) to privately place 16 million dollars of tax anticipation notes in Michigan. It mentions that PSD faces several financial challenges that include falling enrollment, junk-bond ratings and deep budget deficit. It states that the country's Department of Education (DOE) warned the district that it will cut off state aid if it continues to fail to meet the goals outlined in the deficit elimination plan.

The article reports on the forum on the public deficit crisis faced by Detroit, Michigan held at Dearborn, Michigan. The program was produced by the Metropolitan Affairs Coalition, a nonprofit study group composed of business, labor and government members. Peter Hutchinson, founder of St. Paul-based Public Strategies Corp. and co-author of The Price of Government, was the keynote speaker. Hutchinson said that cutting budgets is a bad way to handle budget deficits. Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano is pushing several cooperative efforts, including a plan to consolidate the county and city of Detroit health departments and create a central holding jail for people awaiting arraignments or sentencing.