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Capital Chronicles - May 23, 2008

What's the Matter with Michigan by Susan Demas
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Oakland Business Review - June 12, 2008

Guest Opinion: Globalization and knowledge - our future
by Tom Watkins
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Detroit Free Press - May 29, 2008

Leaders emphasize need to retain younger grads
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Crain's Detroit Business - June 2, 2008

A Call to Action - click to read full article

Crain's Detroit Business - June 2, 2008

Phil Power Aims for Centrist Public Policy - click to read full article

Detroit News Editorial - May 25, 2008

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Observer & Eccentric - Center Seeks a Path for State's Prosperity

Michigan is broken, and Phil Power has a plan to fix it.
The former owner of the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers laid it out Wednesday to members of the American Association of University Women at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield Township.
"The interests of 10 million people in Michigan are being sacrificed for the [...]

Record Eagle - Effort Attempts to Inspire Change Statewide

TRAVERSE CITY -- Phil Power is tired of hearing about a Michigan government that just can't seem to get anything done.
A partial shutdown of state departments in October lasted four hours, and occurred because
legislators failed to adopt a new budget in time. Cuts to higher education and natural resources, he said, mean scaling back on [...]

Hour Detroit - Power for the People

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Power for the People
A media mogul with a forceful name is seeking grassroots support for political moderation
by George Bullard

Saginaw News - "Group Believes Citizens have Power to Change Michigan"

After selling his successful suburban Detroit community newspaper company two years ago, Phil Power probably could have lived anywhere he liked and done anything he wanted.
But instead of quietly retiring to some ocean-side villa in the tropics, Power is trying to mobilize a citizens movement he hopes will lead Michigan out [...]