Regardless of how you feel about Granholm’s politics and policies, it’s important to tune in and pay attention when the chief executive of our state is addressing her constituents because what she has to say directly affects you; especially as a student earning a degree.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm will give her eighth and final State of the State address Wednesday at 7 p.m. to a joint session of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives.

If U.S. Sen. Carl Levin’s recent suggestion about predator drone attacks holds any weight in Washington, U.S. drone attacks, just like the ones Levin said are successful along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, will expand into Yemen.

President Barack Obama discussed a plethora of issues during his State of the Union address Wednesday, admitting the United States faces “big and difficult challenges” but that he’s “never been more hopeful of America’s future.”

Throughout the 2009 legislative session, the policymakers of the Michigan House of Representatives had the opportunity to vote on 682 bills; State Rep. Bill Caul, R-Mount Pleasant, didn’t miss one.