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Michigan Lawmakers Struggle To Reach Budget Agreement As Oct. 1 Deadline Looms
"Budget negotiations are ... not going great," said state Rep. Joe Aragona (R-Clinton Township).

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"Budget negotiations are ... not going great," said state Rep. Joe Aragona (R-Clinton Township).

The Michigan state budget is at a standstill, and without it, school officials say they don't know how much money they can bank on.
A trading card store in Clinton Township was the latest victim after its store was broken into Tuesday morning.
"Each of these teams come together to share tools and ideas and resources, and are able to really learn from each other," Kaitlyn Oak said.
On Saturday, local lawmakers and union leaders with the organization spoke at Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall in Southfield.
"We just want to embrace the youth here and make them part of a larger family," said Barbara Carter of Lighthouse Youth Sanctuary.
"As soon as he found out we were the Harris-Walz tent, he went from zero to 100 very quickly," she said, Melissa Crooks said.
The case will be another test of the limits of parental blame.
Oakland University and its professors have reached a stalemate in contract negotiations as the fall semester inches closer.
A 17-year-old Michigan girl who went missing on May 31 has been found nearly two months later living with a 44-year-old man.
Denise Ezell filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court District of Michigan, saying she still has not received the money.
A former Michigan corrections officer is sentenced to one year of probation for the assault of an inmate in the Isabella County Jail.
Kevin Kreger, 46, of Dearborn, was killed on Monday when a small plane he was flying crashed in Washtenaw County.
West Bloomfield Township is one of 75 municipalities affected by the change that takes effect on July 1.
Democratic heavy hitters will be in Michigan over the weekend as the presidential election creeps closer.
Michigan holds one of the largest populations of Iraqis in the nation.
The Detroit Tigers are preparing for their home opening on Friday at Comerica Park against the Oakland Athletics.
A group of Michiganders, including Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom, have been rescued from Haiti amid gang violence in the country.
Biden is off on a two-day swing through Wisconsin and Michigan starting Wednesday.
"Blind spot checks. Blind spot checks. Blind spot checks," says Korey Batey, a Detroit-based driving instructor, upon hearing of the survey.