CMU Work Stoppage
The Faculty Association at Central Michigan University has authorized union leaders to call a job action that could include a strike as CMU and its professors still have not reached a labor contract. Despite the work stoppage, the school sent a release yesterday saying students should show up at their classes as scheduled and that it would seek a court injunction to get faculty members back to work. Professors have been without a contract since June 30th.
'Pure Michigan' To Go International
The “Pure Michigan” tourism campaign targeted a new audience over the weekend: NASCAR fans. Steve Carmody reports:
The state tourism marketing campaign sponsored the nationally televised “Pure Michigan 400” race on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. It's part of the state’s $25 million tourism promotion budget… Governor Rick Snyder says he plans to take the state’s “Pure Michigan” tourism campaign international. Snyder says he’ll take the “Pure Michigan” message with him on a trade Mission to China, Japan and South Korea this fall.
Corrections Boss Sees 'Mission Creep'
About a quarter of Michigan's 43,000 state prisoners are mentally ill, and new Michigan Corrections Director Dan Heyns says he wants to shift responsibility for their treatment from his department to other agencies, the Associated Press reports. “Heyns says in an interview with The Detroit News… that his department ‘has had a kind of mission creep over the years.’ He says the department needs to return to its original mission. Heyns is an ex-Jackson County sheriff and took over the state's prison system in June,” the Associated Press reports.
