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By Scott Benjamin
A noted economist insists that there is no politically credible combination of tax reform or tax increases that will mitigate a projected combined state budget deficit of at least $10 billion deficit over the next three fiscal years.
University of Connecticut Finance Professor Fred Carstensen – the director of the Connecticut Council for Economic Analysis – wrote in a prepared statement to Patch.com that the state government faces massive deficits, much worse than those to which the state Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA) – the General Assembly s fiscal arm – or the state Office of Management & Budget (OPM)– the governor s budget arm – admit.
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Dearborn Schools trustees will reevaluate the district s reopening plan during its Saturday retreat. (Shutterstock)
DEARBORN, MI Dearborn Schools trustees will reevaluate the district s reopening plan during its Saturday retreat.
District officials said recently that they will discuss and possibly vote on a revised plan outlining the steps needed to bring students back to some form of face-to-face learning. We know face-to-face learning is the best model for most students, and we want to return our students to the classrooms, Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko said. However, Dearborn continues to have some of the highest COVID rates in the county. We have to balance the need to get students back in schools with protecting the health and safety of our students and staff.
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NEW LENOX, IL We re sharing the news of all the major higher education accomplishments of area students. Send your submissions to andrea.earnest@patch.com. Students from area towns like New Lenox, Lemont, Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport and Mokena recently made Dean s List for the fall semester.
The following information was provided by Merit Pages News:
Southeast Announces Fall 2020 Dean s List
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The following students have been named to the fall 2020 Dean s List at Southeast Missouri State University: Miriam Gorecki of New Lenox; and Margaret Stellwagen of New Lenox.
Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses.
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Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (Genesee County Sheriff s Office via AP)
FLINT, MI Attorneys representing former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in a criminal case regarding his involvement in the Flint Water Crisis said the former governor was charged in the wrong county, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Snyder, 62, last week was charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty in Genessee County. An attorney representing Snyder said he should be charged in Ingham County, where the state capitol and offices Snyder worked are in. Neither of these allegations of non-feasance, or failure to act, occurred while the former Governor was in the City of Flint. At all times set forth in the Indictment, our client was the presiding governor of the State of Michigan with the Executive Office of the Governor located at the Romney Building in downtown Lansing, attorney Brian Lennon said in a letter to prosecutors, according to The Associated Press.