This Associated Press story discusses Wayne State's budget and the 5.8 tuition increase. The approved general fund budget of $489.2 million also includes a $2.1 million increase in financial aid. "We are grateful this year to receive our first increase in state appropriations since 2001 - an action on the part of Gov. Granholm and the state Legislature which will hopefully continue, " Wayne State University Provost Nancy Barrett said in a news release. "Although we appreciate the increase in our appropriation after four consecutive years of decline, the proposed increase of 2.5 percent is the lowest allocated to any of Michigan's public universities."