Stitching and Weaving Politics and Policy
by John Lindstrom
Gongwer News Service
April 30, 2010
May beckons, and with it a growing sense of urgency seems to build in state government. Deadlines, hard deadlines in some cases, loom, so the weavers that stitch together policies and politics together have stepped up at least their public efforts to resolve the [...]

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Border Security Trumps Local Economic Opportunity
Is Michigan doing enough to make sure Port Huron and other border communities connect with their Canadian neighbor?
by John Foren
April 16, 2010
PORT HURON — It is early afternoon on a beautiful Friday, the last vestiges of ice floes are streaming down the St. Clair River and if Port Huron wanted [...]

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Bridge Blockers
by Jack Lessenberry
February 19, 2010
The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, that stalwart defender of private enterprise, wants a new, internationally controlled bridge built between the United States and Canada.
So does Governor Jennifer Granholm, her political opposite, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, and the governments of Windsor, Ontario and Canada.
This year, we should learn [...]

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Canadian Railroads Key to State’s Trade Future
Rail freight isn’t sexy, but it’s part of a complex trade network with Canada offering huge potential for Michigan
by John Foren
February 5, 2010
Editor’s note: In this increasingly global economy, Michigan’s most important “foreign” relationship is close at hand, with neighboring Canada. This is part of a regular series of [...]

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Bordering on Greatness
Michigan’s relationship with its Canadian neighbor provides a major economic advantage
by John Foren
November 16, 2009
Editor’s note: In this increasingly global economy, Michigan’s most important “foreign” relationship is close at hand, with neighboring Canada. This is the first in a regular series of features in which Dome explores major political, policy and cultural issues [...]

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