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Granholm Unwilling to Allow Michigan to Become "Meal"
The Detroit Free Press has a report on Gov. Jennifer Granholm's speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday. She said that the state faces a jobs crisis that can only be solved with a better-educated workforce, fairer taxes and more-aggressive pursuit of technology industries and that "We must eat or be eaten as a state. I, as governor, refuse to let us become some other country's meal."

Michigan Supreme Court Reverses Girls Sports Decision
The Detroit News reports that the Michigan Supreme Court set aside a lower U.S. Circuit Court ruling that Michigan high schools discriminated against female athletes by scheduling their basketball and volleyball seasons during nontraditional times of the year. The decision sends athletic directors into scheduling limbo but may ultimately solve nothing.

Big Layoffs for Grand Rapids Public Schools
WZZM TV-13 Grand Rapids reports that 270 Grand Rapids school teachers are getting pink slips. The Grand Rapids Public School Board hopes that retirement incentives they'll reduce that number to 90. The board has also voted to privatize bus driving positions which may cut hundreds more jobs.

Ben Wallace wins 3rd NBA Defense Award
The Detroit Free Press reports that Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace has won the 2005 NBA defensive player of the year trophy (his 3rd in 4 years). Wallace will receive the award tonight before the Sixers game and joins Dikembe Mutombo as the only players to win the defensive player of the year award three or more times.

FUSE-in Band Lineup - Memorial Weekend
The Detroit News reports that the lineup for Detroit's annual FUSE-in Memorial Day techno festival has been set. More than 120 artists including Kevin Saunderson, hip-hop collective Slum Village, Richie Hawtin, Juan Atkins, Stacey Pullen, Kenny Larkin, Carl Craig and rapper Mos Def will perform on four stages over three days at Detroit's Hart Plaza.
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