Michigan's Broken 'Promise' - KATE LINEBAUGH, Wall Street Journal

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, squaring off against Republican lawmakers, has launched a campaign to salvage a $100 million college-scholarship program that she sees as critical to diversifying her state's flagging economy.Michigan lawmakers stripped funding for the state's Promise Scholarship in their budget for the current fiscal year, arguing that, with auto-industry cuts and 15% unemployment ravaging state coffers, Michigan can't afford to hand out money to college students. The Democratic-controlled state House has since voted to restore Promise funding, but the Republican-led Senate is holding firm so far.