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  Click to subscribe to our weekly email newsletter! Nov 21, 2008
Economic reckoningIs there a kids' soccer game, kids' dance class, neighborhood book club meeting, or cocktail party in Southeast Michigan where the economy and Big Three meltdown ISN'T a topic of conversation this month? As you head into the Thanksgiving holiday, here are a few tidbits for discussion we've picked up in recent days... GM'S FRIENDS & FAMILY [...] Nov 21, 2008
More government collaboration possible in tough timesMichigan's hundreds of local governments and school districts can do more to collaborate, share services, privatize services, employ economies of scale through bulk purchasing, and otherwise cut costs without cutting at the heart of community quality of life. The Citizen's Research Council lays out a roadmap for such reforms in this new report. Among the approaches [...] Nov 21, 2008
Who will tell the People?Increasingly, Michigan is a place without watchdogs, Phil Power writes this week. He's not talking about rabid, drooling dobermans guarding junkyards, though his subjects (newspaper reporters) have been called much worse. He's talking about the decline of Michigan newspapers, which grew worse this month with the announcement of big cutbacks at the Booth Newspapers in Ann [...] Nov 21, 2008
Michigan Ed: Good news and more opportunityMichigan has just earned the distinction as the second best online learning state in the nation by the Center for Digital Education. The honor comes two years after Michigan became the first state in the nation to require online learning for high school graduation. "Michigan has provided significant leadership for the rest of the nation in online [...] Nov 21, 2008
A New Economy Up NorthHow does a place like Grayling, Michigan thrive in the 21st Century? Home to about 15,000 people, the Grayling area is known as a crossroads in northern Michigan, a place most people simply drive through on their way to Mackinac Island, Traverse City, or Petoskey. The last big-name employer, Fred Bear Archery, left town more than a [...] Nov 13, 2008
Invitation: Have YOUR say in Michigan's futureMichigan needs a common ground agenda for the future. An agenda to keep our friends, neighbors, co-workers and brightest young people here at home. An agenda that lays the foundation for a solid economic future. An agenda that sets aside partisanship and brings people together. Michigan needs YOU to help shape that common ground agenda. We're writing [...] 11/13/2008 11/13/2008 11/13/2008 11/13/2008 11/13/2008 10/31/2008 10/31/2008 10/31/2008 10/31/2008 10/31/2008 10/31/2008 10/24/2008 10/24/2008 10/24/2008
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