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Fresh ThoughtsJoin Our Candidate MeetingsJuly 18, 2008 – 1:31 pm
We're taking signups now for in-depth dialogues between citizens, community leaders and candidates in many of the more than 40 open state House seats. We'll begin holding those meetings shortly after the August primary. Already, we're meeting one-on-one with 50 candidates before the primary to spread the "Common Ground Agenda" developed in more than 180 [...] Turbid MichiganJuly 18, 2008 – 1:13 pm
This Michigan is one stirred-up place in a stirred-up time: Buy from the Home TeamJuly 18, 2008 – 12:11 pm
The struggling downtown district of the little town I live in -- Milan -- is a bit brighter since a new brewpub called "Zero Gravity" opened in June. I stopped in for a pint of homemade amber a few nights ago and ran across this add in a brewers' newspaper... More Applause for Water DealJuly 18, 2008 – 11:38 am
We've probably gushed enough in recent weeks about the water legislation deal worked out by State Rep. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) and State Sen. Patty Birkholz (R-Saugatuck). But bipartisanship of this magnitude is so rare in Lansing that we just need to offer up one more reprise. House Races Heating UpJuly 9, 2008 – 5:35 pm
We've been talking for months about the important opportunity presented this fall with the turnover of more than one-third of the Michigan House of Representatives. Now comes veteran Detroit News political correspondent Charlie Cain with analysis showing that the outgoing 44 House members include the chairs of 10 key committees. Can You Pass This Test?July 9, 2008 – 5:20 pm
As a late Fourth of July present, we present you with MSNBC's "Citizenship Test." Summer AnticsJuly 9, 2008 – 5:12 pm
As the Center for Michigan detailed this spring in "A Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation," Michigan voters are generally fed up with partisanship and eager for pragmatic problem solving in the state capitol. Two Views on Teachers' InsuranceJuly 9, 2008 – 4:57 pm
Public sector health care benefits have been under the microscope for years and the scrutiny is likely to only grow stronger in coming years as governmental units and school districts of all sizes in Michigan continue to face shrinking revenue bases and a citizenry none to keen on tax increases in an era of economic [...] Kalamazoo's 'Community Capitalism'July 9, 2008 – 4:45 pm
In March 2007, Fast Company Magazine named the city of Kalamazoo as one of the 50 "people, ideas, and companies changing the face of business--and, with luck, our future," in part because of the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship guarantee program. Correcting CorrectionsJuly 9, 2008 – 4:28 pm
We've been talking for years about Michigan's need to cut unnecessary spending. So let’s talk about our state’s expensive practice of tossing criminals in the slam and throwing away the key. |
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