"The Michigan Legislature's top Democrat says efforts continue to save at least a portion of funding for the state's main college scholarship program," Associated Press reports. "House Speaker Andy Dillon said Tuesday that Democrats want to fund the Michigan Promise scholarship. About 96,000 students are due a portion of the $4,000 scholarship this academic year. But the $140 million program might be scrapped as lawmakers try to erase a $2.8 billion shortfall in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. There does not appear to be much flexibility to restore the cash in the state's higher education budget."