NEW SUDOKU WHO DIS? puzzle by sudokusyndication.com 2A — Wednesday, February 22, 2017 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com After bipartisan pressure, the Michigan state legislature modified its initial proposal from one which would completely eliminate the state’s 4.25-percent income tax to one that will gradually lower the tax to 3.9 percent over four years. This change occurred after nine university presidents from public schools across the state, including Mark Schlissel, president of the University of Michigan, gathered Tuesday morning in front of the House chamber to lobby against the original proposal. The university presidents were concerned the elimination of the income tax would lead to constraints in the state’s budget, potentially a gap of more than $1 billion in the first fiscal year and subsequently decrease university funding. The presidents cited concerns such as higher education inaccessibility and the rising cost of a college education as reasons for opposing the bill. Schlissel expressed concern the tax cuts would prevent universities from providing higher education at a manageable cost for families across the state. He also said the proposal would negatively affect community infrastructure. “Our fear is that if the resources available to state government are constrained by such a large tax cut, we won’t be able to maintain accessibility to a great higher education at the same cost now,” Schlissel said to the Detroit Free Press. “Families are already struggling to pay for college, and we don’t want to make those challenges greater. It’s not just higher ed, it’s community colleges, it’s schools, it’s infrastructure we’ve promised our fellow citizens we’re going to take care of. It’s the aid we return to our cities that allows them to provide services to our fellow citizens.” According to the Detroit Free Press, Gov. Rick Snyder had also expressed concern over the original tax plan and the loss of revenue, remarking that the situation should be researched more thoroughly. “The governor is always open to new ideas and welcomes the discussion on tax reform,” Anna Heaton, Snyder’s press secretary, told the Free Press. “For this particular proposal, there would need to be concrete data to demonstrate that there is adequate revenue from sources besides the income tax to ensure services for residents and investing in our statewide infrastructure would not be adversely affected.” In a press release following the announcement of the change Synder expressed his pleasure with the change. “I appreciate that House leadership took seriously my concerns about the long- term impact of the proposal, but I still have a billion dollars worth of concerns because there has been no plan presented as to how this will affect residents and their communities statewide.” On Wednesday morning, 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ARTS SECTION arts@michigandaily.com SPORTS SECTION sports@michigandaily.com ADVERTISING dailydisplay@gmail.com NEWS TIPS news@michigandaily.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITORIAL PAGE opinion@michigandaily.com HUSSEIN HAKIM Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 hjhakim@michigandaily.com EMMA KINERY Editor in Chief 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 kineryem@michigandaily.com PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION photo@michigandaily.com NEWSROOM 734-418-4115 opt. 3 CORRECTIONS corrections@michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University OF Michigan. 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Dr. Mark Schlissel @DrMarkSchlissel @umich ranked No. 1 in nation with 7 #SloanFellows, the ‘most promising’ early career scientific researchers. Madison Marie Jones @Maddie_Jones515 Remember life before Snapchat filters?? I don’t want to Michigan Basketball @umichbball Are you @chadtough? V-O- T-E for @JohnBelein in #Coaches4Charity Last week at a trail leading into Nichols Arboretum, University of Michigan medical student Daniel Nadelman stumbled upon a dead deer. Nadelman told MLive that at first glance the deer appeared to have been shot as a part of the city’s cull from Jan. 30 to Feb. 6. However, city officials say it was not killed during the cull. The Ann Arbor cull sparked opposition from many residents. At a City Council meeting last January, many residents chanted, “Stop the shoot,” and organized a number of protests and demonstrations against the planned shoot. The latest cull removed 96 deer from parks and nature areas on University properties, with an additional 54 female deer being sterilized, according to an article on the city of Ann Arbor’s website. The remaining carcass appeared to be partially eaten, according to Nadelman. Tom Crawford, Ann Arbor’s chief financial officer, who oversaw the deer cull, said each deer killed during the cull was removed last Thursday, leading him to believe this one died of other causes. Because of the dead deer’s proximity to the train tracks, it might have been hit by a train, yet other possibilities still remain. The deer could also have been attacked by a predator or shot by an outsider. Nadelman also speculated this was the same doe he had seen before in the Arb with three fawns. “Several months ago, three fawns were born in the Arboretum and I watched them with their mother every day until the hunt began,” Nadelman said in the MLive article. - KEVIN BIGLIN ON THE DAILY: DEATH OF DOE REMAINS A MYSTERY HALEY MCLAUGHLIN/Daily Independent scholar Ekaterina Mishina discusses the relationship between Presidents Trump and Putin at a U.S.–Russia relations panel at the School of Social Work on Tuesday. U. S . AND RUSSIA MI legislation to reduce rate of income tax following opposition Plan to reduce income tax to 3.8 percent after university presidents vocalize concerns KAELA THEUT Daily Staff Reporter See TAX, Page 3A