ANR communications has tracked the media and social media coverage of the CANR, MAES, MSUE budget situation and possible gubernatorial veto. A comprehensive list of media coverage is below with links to the articles [some of these have already been sent to you through ANR in the News].
We will be analyzing this coverage to determine:
The list of twitter messages is not included here because of its length. If you are interested in that list, please email Barb Lehman at lehmanb@msu.edu.
Ruth Borger
Budget Media Scan
Updated Friday, October 30, 2009, 11:30am
Print Media
Granholm signs budget, vetoes more than 70 items
The Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20091030/NEWS15/91030019/1319/Granholm-signs-budget--vetoes-more-than-70-items
Friday, October 30, 2009
Granholm signs final six budget bills
The Detroit News
http://detnews.com/article/20091030/POLITICS02/910300427/Granholm-signs-final-six-budget-bills
Friday, October 30, 2009
Governor won’t veto MSU Extension funding
Lansing State Journal (reprint of Detroit Free Press article)
Livingston Daily (reprint of Detroit Free Press article)
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091030/NEWS04/910300331
http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20091029/NEWS01/91029015/Granholm+to+spare+MSU+extension+from+cuts
Friday, October 30, 2009
State budget nears completion
The Detroit News
http://detnews.com/article/20091030/POLITICS02/910300367/State-budget-nears-completion
Friday, October 30, 2009
Revamped MSU Extension program may be spared from Governor Granholm’s budget ax
Grand Rapids Press
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/10/revamped_msu_extension_program.html
Friday, October 30, 2009
Statewide: Granholm due to give final budgets
The Detroit Free Press (Local News in Brief)
http://www.freep.com/article/20091030/NEWS05/910300470/1001/News/Local-news-in-brief
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ag programs to focus on green energy
Traverse City Record Eagle (AP story)
http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_303072547.html
Friday, October 30, 2009
Granholm spares Extension, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station from cuts
The State News
http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/10/granholm_spares_extension_michigan_agricultural_experiment_station_from_cuts
Thursday, October 29, 2009 (updated Friday, October 30, 2009)
F.Y. '10 Plus 29: Granholm To Spare Ag Station, Extension
Gongwer
No link available
Thursday, October 29, 2009
MI agriculture programs to focus on clean energy
Port Hurton Times Herald
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20091029/NEWS05/91029008/-1/NEWSFRONT2/MI-agriculture-programs-to-focus-on-clean-energy
Thursday, October 29, 2009
MI agriculture programs to focus on clean energy
Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, West Virginia)
http://www.dailymail.com/ap/ApTopStories/200910290892
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Granholm to spare MSU Extension
The Detroit Free Press
Lansing State Journal
http://www.freep.com/article/20091029/NEWS06/91029053/1001/NEWS/Granholm-to-spare-MSU-extension-from-cuts
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091029/NEWS01/310290010
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Granholm, MSU reach deal to save extension service money
The Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091029/POLITICS02/910290476/1024/POLITICS03/Granholm--MSU-reach-deal-to-save-extension-service-money
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Granholm, MSU reach deal to put focus on green economy
The Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091029/POLITICS02/910290476/1361/Granholm--MSU-reach-deal-to-put-focus-on-green-economy
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Governor announces support for restructuring of MSU’s ag programs
The Michigan Messenger
http://michiganmessenger.com/29063/governor-announces-support-for-“restructuring”-of-msu’s-ag-programs
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Michigan State University officials fear Extension programs will be eliminated
Kalamazoo Gazette
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/10/michigan_state_university_offi.html
Thursday, October 29, 2009
County discusses possible state MSUE cuts
Ionia Sentinel-Standard
http://www.sentinel-standard.com/articles/2009/10/29/news/02news.txt
Thursday, October 29, 2009
State budget bills await Granholm’s signature
Ludington Daily News
http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=46382
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Hollman: Mich., don’t make Germany’s mistake
Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091029/OPINION02/910290318/1087/OPINION02
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Region’s lawmakers split over revenue
Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091029/NEWS04/910290330/1001
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Ag industry, MSU anxious over potential cuts
The Michigan Messenger
http://michiganmessenger.com/29012/ag-industry-msu-anxious-over-potential-cuts
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Veto may end 4-H, MSU Extension funds
The Daily Reporter (Coldwater)
http://www.thedailyreporter.com/news/x1520369609/Veto-may-end-4-H-MSU-Extension
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Caller: Don’t cut MSUE’s state funds
Port Huron Times Herald
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20091029/OPINION06/910290310/1014/OPINION/Caller++Don+t+cut+MSUE+s+state+funds
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Caswell decries possible cuts to 4-H, Extension service, and agriculture experiment stations
River Country Journal
http://www.rivercountryjournal.com/?p=17732
Thursday, October 29, 2009
State budget ax could doom MSU Extension
Livingston Daily News
http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20091029/NEWS01/91029006/-1/NEWSFRONT2/State-budget-ax-could-doom-MSU-Extension
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Van Buren County urges funding of MSU Extension
Kalamazoo Gazette
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/10/van_buren_urges_funding_of_msu.html
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Vote: Ottawa County’s $64 million budget takes $3 million hit
Holland Sentinel
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x1717110856/Vote-Ottawa-Countys-64-million-budget-takes-3-million-hit
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
MSU extension office could close
Livingston Daily
http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20091028/NEWS01/91028006/MSU+extension+office+could+close
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
4-H, other MSUE programs at risk
Tri-City Times
http://www.tricitytimes-online.com/Articles-i-2009-10-28-201231.112113_4H_other_MSUE_programs_at_risk.html
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
MSU’s research station faces ax
The Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091028/SCHOOLS/910280349/MSU-s-research-station-faces-ax
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Governor expected to wield veto pen
Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091028/NEWS04/910280330
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
4-H, other MSUE programs at risk
Tri-City Times
http://www.tricitytimes-online.com/Articles-i-2009-10-28-201231.112113_4H_other_MSUE_programs_at_risk.html
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Gov. Granholm still reviewing state budget, could veto parts
The State News
http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/10/gov_granholm_still_reviewing_state_budget_could_veto_parts
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Granholm, Bishop battle over tax hike
The Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091027/POLITICS02/910270408/
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Mich. State Extension to be cut?
Three Rivers Commercial News
http://www.threeriversnews.com/articles/2009/10/27/news/local_news/doc4ae700c8aa38a110540932.txt
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Budget cuts could end MSU agriculture programs
Michigan Messenger
http://michiganmessenger.com/28871/budget-cuts-could-end-msu-agriculture-programs
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Budget crisis threatens MSU Extension
Iron Mountain Daily News
http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/511625.html
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Local MSU programs may be in peril
Traverse City Record Eagle
**Focuses on research
http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_300080117.html
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Eliminate agricultural extension programs
Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091027/OPINION01/910270310/1008/opinion01/Eliminate-agricultural-extension-programs
**Comments: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/forums/newstalk/lettersindex.php?relatedURL=http://www.detnews.com/article/20091027/OPINION01/910270310/1008/opinion01/Eliminate-agricultural-extension-programs
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Officials fear Extension funding soon will be cut
State News
**(unfavorable comment to the news story, but several others refute it later.)
http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/10/officials_fear_extension_funding_soon_will_be_cut
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
MSU Extension
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
http://www.sooeveningnews.com/news/x1615057402/MSU-Extension
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Local legislators take questions about state budget, economy from West Michigan business leaders at policy breakfast
The Grand Rapids Press
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/local_legislators_take_questio.html
Monday, October 26, 2009
Veto could threaten Extension services
The Daily Telegram (Adrian)
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x884486659/Veto-could-threaten-Extension-services
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Cuts threaten MSU Extension
Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091024/NEWS01/910240323/1001/NEWS/Cuts-threaten-MSU-Extension
13 comments—almost all supportive http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=pluckcomments&key=20091024.lansingstatejournal.A3910240323.article.NEWS01&s=a
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Proos: Attack on agriculture an attack on Michigan’s economy
River Country Journal (Three Rivers)
http://www.rivercountryjournal.com/?p=17426
Saturday, October 24, 2009
MSU Extension, 4-H could be next budget victims
Petoskey News-Review
http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/article_51978074-9dab-516e-bdd0-934293acb34a.html
Friday, October 23, 2009
MSU Extension program facing possible elimination
Ogemaw County Herald
http://www.ogemawherald.com/detail/83358.html?content_source=&category_id=1&search_filter=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=&town_id=7
Friday, October 23, 2009
Balls says MSU Extension funding might be in danger at state level
Argus-Press (Shiawassee County)
http://www.argus-press.com/articles/2009/10/24/news/news3.txt
Friday, October 23, 2009
Michigan Governor May Kill University Research, Extension This Week
Spudman Magazine (Michigan-based magazine)
http://www.spudman.com/newsroom.html?ns=3117
Friday, October 23, 2009
MSU warns ag station, coop will close
Gongwer
No link available
Friday, October 23, 2009
MSU Extension offices face uncertain future
Cadillac News
http://www.cadillacnews.com/story_news/?story_id=1181365&year=2009
Undated
Broadcast Media
Governor Jennifer Granholm’s radio address
MSU Extension
http://bit.ly/3ypIER
Friday, October 30, 2009
State Cuts: Ag programs to be spared
Interlochen Public Radio
http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-news-features/episode/5339
Friday, October 30, 2009
MI Agriculture programs to focus on clean energy
WLAJ—Lansing (ABC)
http://www.wlaj.com/news/energy-17644-focus-lansing.html
Friday, October 30, 2009
Programs to focus less on rural communities
WILX—Lansing (NBC)
Note: ANR Communications posted a reply in the comments section about the misleading nature of the headline.
http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/67309487.html
Thursday, October 29, 2009
MI agriculture programs to focus on clean energy
9&10 News (Northern Michigan)
http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=180473
Thursday, October 29, 2009
MI agriculture programs to focus on clean energy
WSJV—South Bend, Indiana
http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=11409276
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Governor spares MSU Extension service
WHMI—93.5 (Livingston County)
http://www.whmi.com/news/article/9113
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Discussion continues—Extension budget cut
WLKM—Three Rivers
http://www.wlkm.com/?p=8355
Thursday, October 29, 2009
State Cuts: Agriculture programs fear the axe
Interlochen Public Radio (NPR)
http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-news-features/episode/5288
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
MSU Extension offices face possible funding cut
9&10 News (Northern Michigan)
http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=179915
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Essay: Threatening Agriculture
Jack Lessenberry: Michigan Radio
http://jackshow.blogs.com/jack/2009/10/essay-threatening-agriculture-102709.html
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
School Programs May Be in Jeopardy
WLNS-6 (Lansing)
http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=11383755
Monday, October 26, 2009
Governor threatens MSU Ext. veto
WLKM (Three Rivers)
http://www.wlkm.com/?p=8277
Monday, October 26, 2009
MSU Extension Faces Closure: The organization may face a sudden elimination of funding NBC-25 (Saginaw, Mid-Michigan), WULC (Upper Peninsula) and other affiliated stations
October 22, 2009
Blogs
Last-minute deal saves Michigan State Extension funds
Inside Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/10/30/qt/last_minute_deal_saves_michigan_state_extension_funds
Friday, October 30, 2009
MI agriculture programs will focus on clean energy
MLive.com News Flash Blog
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/national-77/1256849274111790.xml&storylist=newsmichigan
Thursday, October 29, 2009
MI agriculture programs will focus on clean energy
The Lansing 10
http://lansing10.cityspur.com/2009/10/29/mi-agriculture-programs-to-focus-on-clean-energy-wlns-lansing/
Thursday, October 29, 2009
MSU’s research station faces ax
University Business
http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=20829
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Michigan: Officials fear extension funding soon will be cut
Greg Laden’s Blog
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/michigan_officials_fear_extens.php
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Master Gardeners of Michigan Need Help
The Garden Lady
http://www.thegardenlady.org/2009/10/28/the-master-gardeners-of-michigan-need-help/
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
MSU Extension Needs Our Help
Michigan Land Use Institute Blog
http://mlui.org/blogs/?p=523
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Let’s keep Extension
Snook Nook’s Blog [through River Country Journal]
http://www.rivercountryjournal.com/?p=17665
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Will MSU Agricultural Extension Survive Budget Process
The Red Tape Blog
http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/10/28/will-msu-agricultural-extension-survive?blog=5
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
MSU Extension Needs Our Help
Michigan Land Use Institute Blog
http://mlui.org/blogs/?p=523
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Let’s keep Extension
Snook Nook’s Blog [through River Country Journal]
http://www.rivercountryjournal.com/?p=17665
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Michiganonians, your help is needed!!!!
Science Blogs: Greg Laden’s Blog
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/michiganonians_your_help_is_ne.php
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
MSU Extension Faces Elimination?
Cherry Blossom Moms [An active niche networking site for northern Michigan mothers]
http://cherryblossommoms.ning.com/
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Budget cuts could end MSU agriculture programs
Bahcesel.com [appears to be a foreign language agriculture news site]
http://www.bahcesel.com/newsel/all_news/54653-budget_cuts_could_end_msu.html
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I couldn’t say it any better
Serenity Farms Blog [Personal blog of a Michigan farmer]
http://serenity-farms.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-couldnt-say-it-any-better.html
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Ending of an era, a sad realization
Blogging for Michigan
http://www.bloggingformichigan.com/diary/4934/ending-of-an-era-a-sad-realization
Monday, October 26, 2009
MSU Programs in Jeopardy: Letter to Congress
MSU Weeds Blog
(Post is a letter written from Crop and Soil Sciences Graduate Student Organization)
http://msuweeds.com/blog/?p=375
Monday, October 26, 2009
Re: MSU Extension Budget Matter
Enviromich (email list that gets posted to a blog)
http://enviromich.blogspot.com/2009/10/re-em-msu-extension-budget-matter_25.html
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Can Michigan Afford to Go Green? State Cuts MSU Extension/College of Natural Resources
Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/24/17853/728
Saturday, October 24, 2009
MSU Extension & College of Ag/Nat Resources to Close?
Erie Hiker
http://www.blogsmonroe.com/expatriate/2009/10/msu-extension-college-of-agnat-resources-to-close/
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Holy F’N Shit
Bug Girl’s Blog (MSU employee with a large following of science-savvy readers. Comments are worth a read.)
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/holy-fn-shit/
Friday, October 23, 2009
Please Excuse the Commercial Interruption
Farming in the Shade
http://shadysidefarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/please-excuse-commercial-interruption.html
Friday, October 23, 2009
MSU Extension faces closure
SC Gardener (Horticulturalist in South Carolina, post has several comments)
http://scgardener.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/msu-extension-faces-closure/
Friday, October 23, 2009
Budget Impacts to MSU Research
MSU College of Natural Science Blog
http://naturalscience.msu.edu/news/?p=501
Friday, October 23, 2009
MSU research, service programs to close if funds vetoed
ANR@MSU Blog (ANR Communications Blog)
http://anrmsu.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/msu-research-service-programs-to-close-if-funds-vetoed/
Friday, October 23, 2009
Outdoor Signage
Jill Cords reports:
I just drove by Farm House Frat on the way to the PSS Building.
They have a huge billboard in the front yard. Save the CANR – call Gov Granhom with her phone number. I thought I would pass the word that our students are working towards the cause.