Budgets

Since 2007, astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California have been scanning the great beyond for signs of alien life. However, due to a decrease in the funding the institute receives from NASA and other government sources, the institute will have to shut down the powerful bank of 42 radio dishes that it uses to target unexplored planets.

Is Flint facing another takeover by the state? A municipal bankruptcy? How is payroll going to be met tomorrow for city employees? Speculation is rampant this week after the state put the brakes on the city's request to borrow $20 million to cover its deficits. Without the loan, the city will have only about a half- million dollars in cash on hand. That's not nearly enough to meet payroll expense