‘Research Leading to Sound Public Policy’ Budget crises boost value of Citizens Research Council projects by T. Scott November 16, 2009 Earl Ryan retired as president of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan in October after directing the nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research organization since 1994 and being involved with it for 25 years. His successor, [...]
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‘Research Leading to Sound Public Policy’
November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Bordering on Greatness
November 16th, 2009 · 4 CommentsBordering 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, [...]
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Ducking Tax Increases
October 22nd, 2009 · 6 CommentsDucking Tax Increases by Tim Skubick October 23, 2009 The mere mention of the term “tax increase” sends otherwise stout, hardy legislative men and women heading for the high grass … and with good cause. Michigan’s political history is forever contaminated with tax increase fallout: two Democratic state senators voted for one in the early [...]
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October 2009 Editor’s Notes
October 17th, 2009 · No CommentsHappy Birthday! by T. Scott October 16, 2009 As Dome starts its third year I’d like to thank all of you for making the previous 12 months truly outstanding for this young and growing magazine. In this case, the word “outstanding” is supported by objective numbers: the more than 43,000 visits to www.DomeMagazine.com was an [...]
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OC Homecoming
October 17th, 2009 · No CommentsOC Homecoming by Annie Scott October 16, 2009 Here’s what’s going on in a land far away but not so far apart from the Mitten … A few weeks ago, I thought I was going to a wedding in Orange County. Turns out I was in Oakland County. Half of the wedding guests were friends [...]
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The Color of Jobs
October 17th, 2009 · 3 CommentsThe Color of Jobs by Tom Shields October 16, 2009 If an award were given to the color of the decade, it would be green. Green is clean. Green is good. Both the Jolly Green Giant and Kermit the frog should get a Nobel Prize for truly being green. Where becoming more environmentally friendly was [...]
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Parliament Works Better
October 17th, 2009 · 16 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of six monthly columns in which Craig Ruff proposes far-reaching proposals to revamp state government if voters in November 2010 choose to convene a constitutional convention. Find the previous columns at http://domemagazine.com/columnlist/. Parliament Works Better by Craig Ruff October 16, 2009 Virtually every democracy outside the [...]
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Run it like a Business
October 17th, 2009 · 7 CommentsMid-Michigan readers can hear Rick Cole every Wednesday at approximately 6:35 a.m. on Lansing radio station WILS 1320’s “am Lansing” program hosted by Walt Sorg. Run it like a Business by Richard Cole October 16, 2009 I am getting tired of hearing that “we need a strategy to save Michigan.” We don’t need a strategy [...]
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