Courtesy of WAKV (Plainwell, MI), The Memory Station

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Michigan History, May/June 2012.

For more information, see :

Sarah Emma Edmonds, Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame.

A Female Soldier in the Civil War: Emma E. Edmonds, LibraryPoint.

Sara Emma Edmonds (Frank Thompson), About.com Women's History.

Sara Emma Edmonds wikipedia entry

Memoirs of a soldier, nurse, and spy : a woman's adventures in the Union Army, available in the MSU Library and through interlibrary loan.

Nurse and spy in the Union Army, online access restricted to the MSU community and other subscribers to The American Civil War : Lettrs and Diaries.

For more information, see Historic women of Michigan : a sesquicentennial celebration / edited by Rosalie Riegle Troester. Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Women's Studies Association, c1987.

Fred Honhart, "A Dozen Milestones of MSU's Sesquicentennial", MSU Alumni Association Magazine, Winter 2005.

Flickr photo of oil painting from the Western Reserve Historical Society.

For the first time in his nearly two and a half years on the job, Governor Rick Snyder suddenly is routinely on the defensive, rebuked so far by the Legislature on key priorities, rocked by multiple controversies involving his administration and forced to address a wave of reports from across the state of startling cutbacks in K-12 schools.

House Investigating Mileage Allegations Against Banks

The House Business Office is investigating allegations that Rep. Brian Banks improperly pocketed mileage reimbursement money.

Snyder Administration: EAA Grant Application Not ‘Technically Accurate'

A recent federal grant application form the Education Achievement Authority contained some errors, but nothing that generated substantial concerns for the Snyder administration, a spokesperson said Friday.

Oakes Received Requests To Change Expunction Bill

Rep. Brian Banks and Sen. Bert Johnson both discussed with Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes changes to her bill allowing persons with a misdemeanor and a felony or two misdemeanors to have the offenses expunged.

Barnett Decides Against Gov. Bid, Backs Schauer

Rep. Vicki Barnett will not run for governor and has decided to support former U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer for the Democratic nomination.

Complaint Filed Regarding Olumba Mixing Mayoral Bid, Legislative Business

The House Business Office received a complaint stating that Rep. John Olumba distributed materials regarding his Detroit mayoral campaign alongside state-paid materials, and that he distributed the materials outside of his district.

Education Trust Says Poor Performing Charters Expanding

The mantra from charter school supporters has been that high-performing schools should be allowed to expand while poor performers should be closed, but Education Trust-Midwest released a report this week showing some of those poor performers are expanding as well.

Other States Delaying Action On Dual-Eligibles

According to recent reports, Michigan is not alone among states delaying implementation of a program to coordinate medical services for persons eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid services.

Autos, Education, Health Care Top Chamber Conference Agenda

As leaders from Detroit and around the state gather on Mackinac Island next week for the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference, they will be contemplating the future of the state's largest city, but particularly how education, health care and the resurgence of the automotive industry will factor into that.

House, Senate Take Different Approach To Budget Deadline

With more than half of the budget bills for the fiscal year 2013-14 slated to be taken up in conference committee on Tuesday, much work is left to be done in order to meet a self-imposed June 1 deadline on which the House and the Senate do not seem to agree.

Judiciary Budget Cuts From Best Practices Fund; Moves To Court Fee Shortfall

Neither the Senate nor the House in their proposed budgets agreed to encouraging courts to adopt best practices despite a $4 million recommendation by Governor Rick Snyder, but the conference report adopted for judiciary budget agreed to appropriate $1 million for the fund while using the other $3 million on court fee shortfall, State Appellate Defender Office staff increases and funding veterans' treatment courts.

PSC Issues Summer Appraisals, Says Demand Should Be Flat

The demand for energy in Michigan is projected to be relatively flat overall when compared to previous years, with modest year-over-year changes due to a number of economic and weather-related factors, according to the Public Service Commission's recently released report, "Michigan's Energy Appraisal: Summer 2013."

Phelps Officially Announces 49th District Run; McCree Withdraws

Phil Phelps, candidate for the former House seat of now-Sen. Jim Ananich, will hold a clean-up event this weekend to officially announce his run in the 49th House District, a statement said on Friday.

Appeals Court: Driving In High-Speed Chase With Small Kids Is Abuse

Leading police on a high-speed chase where speeds top 100 miles an hour, racing through stop signs and stop lights, evading stop sticks and crashing a vehicle into a structure all with small children in the vehicle who are not restrained in any way can constitute criminal child abuse, the Court of Appeals ruled Friday.

Court Hearing To Review Large Number Of Proposed Rules

Some nine proposed changes in court rules, including one on whether a defendant can drop a plea if the trial judge indicates he or she will sentence the defendant to a harsher penalty, will be discussed Tuesday at an administrative hearing of the Supreme Court.

Film Maps Available

The Michigan Film Office has released a West Michigan Film Locations map featuring locations along the Lake Michigan shoreline that can be seen in several movies. The Film Office has also previously released a Detroit Film Locations map and Ann Arbor Film Locations tour map.

Gongwer News Service-Michigan Report will not publish on Monday, May 27. State government offices will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday.

Source : Gongwer News Service : Michigan Report, Volume #52, Report 103, May 24, 2013. Full access requires a subscription or a visit to a subscribing library such as the Michigan State University Main Library.

The finding by the five-member team, appointed last month under the state's new emergency manager law, could lead to appointment of an emergency manager to fix the city's finances.

For the full article, see Candice Williams, "State panel declares Hamtramck in financial emergency; Hamtramck has had budget deficit for past 3 years", Detroit News, May 24, 2013.

For the full editorial see Rep. Jeff Erwin, "Prisoner Re-Entry an investment in public safety", Detroit News, May 24, 2013

The study of the court's operations by the National Center for State Courts, which was released Thursday, was requested by the Michigan State Court Administrative Office because of concerns about its $4.5 million in cost overruns this year and other problems.

For the full article, see George Hunter and Oralandar Brand-Williams, "
Report slams leadership of 36th District Court in Detroit; Case backlogs, $4.5M in cost overruns cited", Detroit News, May 24, 2013.