(MI) Detroit Free Press - Lt. Gov. John Cherry on Thursday proposed using Michigan’s water supply to fund education. Businesses that make a profit by selling Michigan’s water should pay a fee of 10 cents per bottle, Cherry said. That money, in turn, could replace the recently dismantled Promise Scholarship, he said.

“We are losing one resource — our talented workforce and the energy of our young people — and we are giving away another resource, our water, for free,” he said. “You don’t need a PhD in mathematics to know this is a terrible equation.” More