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News Briefs 7-11
LANSING, MI — Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) Director Don Koivisto has announced that Michigan-grown tomatoes are not associated with the current Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak and have been declared safe to eat by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Michigan has been added to the FDA’s “safe to consume” list available online.
$2 Billion Dollars of MI Taxes Spent on Corrections
Today, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is the largest program that state government operates directly, accounting for nearly 20 percent ($2 billion) of the current discretionary General Fund budget and employing nearly one-third of the classified workforce. Corrections programs growth is a direct result of the dramatic increase in the number of inmates from 1973 to 2007, during which time the population grew 538 percent, or roughly 42,000 prisoners, to 50,000 inmates. Official MDOC projections reflect a continuation of the historical trends over the next five years as the prison population is estimated to be slightly more than 56,000 by the end of 2012.
R. KELLY JURORS SPEAK: Most believed it was singer on the tape, but there ‘wasn’t enough evidence to prosecute.’
The 12 jurors who set R. Kelly free of child pornography charges Friday were reportedly in agreement that the singer was actually on the tape, but could not find him guilty because there was "not enough evidence to prosecute."
Severe weather season hasn’t ended in Michigan
Tammy Banovik stands on her front lawn where a tree had fallen on 2213 S. Washington Avenue. Sue Jenkinson was outside cleaning up some falling branches during a recent storm in Lansing when it occurred. Photo by Nicole Wallace