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STATE FACES YET ANOTHER REVENUE SHORTAGE – Going into Friday’s Revenue Estimating Conference, both the House Fiscal Agency (HFA) and the Senate Fiscal Agency (SFA) have predicted the state will face a deficit in the 2008-09 Fiscal Year that will approach $500 million. The numbers from the May Revenue Estimating Conference establish the income levels that legislators will use in both adjusting the current fiscal year’s spending and in developing the budget for the next fiscal year.

'OVERWHELMING' RESPONSE TO FILM PACKAGE
Film and television producers have already sent in 80 scripts for review for production in Michigan, and Jan Lockwood, director of the Michigan Film Office, said Tuesday that her office is being overwhelmed with calls from executives in Los Angeles, New York, London and Canada.
The activity actually started just before Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the film package on Monday but Ms. Lockwood said it is more than just getting scripts and taking phone calls.