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Thursday, May 30, 2013  School board meeting involves community in future budget plans

Friday, May 24, 2013  Michigan's public schools would get about 3 percent more and it's community colleges and universities about 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year under measures nearing final approval in the Legislature.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  Inland Lakes schools handed out pink slips to eight teachers today notifying them that they have been laid off

Monday, May 20, 2013  The school year is winding down, but contract negotiatons between Traverse City Area Public School Administrators and teachers are heating up.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Already short of some foods, Venezuela is facing a toilet paper crisis, government says

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Representatives from the board of education and local superintendents held a forum in traverse city to address concerns Wednesday night.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  The district is looking to cut a million dollars for the next school year.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A shrinking budget, a million dollar shortfall, and some tough decisions face a Northern Michigan School district. Charlevoix Public Schools, like most around the state, are having to make do with less. For Charlevoix, that may mean having to close one of the three schools in the district.

Friday, March 15, 2013  U.S. clergy abuse victims want punishment, transparency under new pope; many not optimistic

Saturday, March 02, 2013  A downtown Traverse City business did it's part to help out a local organization that offer free crisis services to the community.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Community members, parents, teachers and school board officials gathered Monday evening to discuss re-shaping education in Michigan at a public forum in Benzie County.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The Center released a new online database that provides detailed compensation data for every conventional and intermediate school district superintendent in Michigan

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Two Chinese college students collapsed and died when they were testing for an annual, mandatory 1,000-meter run in late November.

Monday, December 31, 2012  The buoyant economies of the Asia-Pacific are prepared to party with renewed optimism despite the so-called fiscal cliff threatening to reverberate globally from the United States and the tattered economies of Europe.

Monday, December 17, 2012  In the wake of the tragedy in Connecticut, schools around the region are taking a close look at current security measures.