Wednesday News-- Partly cloudy with a high of 68 --------------------------- A coalition of environmental groups is asking Michigan officials to push harder for action to prevent a spill from an oil pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac. More than a dozen organizations have signed a letter to Gov. Rick Snyder saying Enbridge Energy Partners LP should provide more information about the line, which carries about 23 million gallons daily. The section beneath the straits is divided into two segments. Enbridge says the pipes are safe and havent leaked since they were laid in 1953. A campaign-finance watchdog says independent groups are still dominating television advertising in Michigans top two statewide political races. Gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidates accounted for about $4 million of about $18 million in ad spending through Monday. The biggest independent spender is the conservative organization Americans for Prosperity, which the Michigan Campaign Finance Network says spent at least $4.3 million attacking Democratic Senate candidate Gary Peters. Superintendents from some Michigan school districts are calling on lawmakers to return to Lansing to boost their funding. The state budget signed last week by Gov. Rick Snyder increases schools traditional per-pupil aid. The lowest-funded districts receive $175 more while higher-funded districts get $50 more, with others getting somewhere in-between. Roughly 120 of Michigans 800-plus districts and charter schools getting the smallest increase complain its not enough to offset an increase in districts payment to employees retirement system. Sports: Rick Porcello became the first Tigers pitcher since Jack Morris to have complete game shutouts in two consecutive starts as Detroit blanked Oakland 3-0, the Tigers will go for the three-game sweep this afternoon with broadcast time at 12:40 on 104.9 WQBX
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:06:18 +0000
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