Mitten State Obsession by Susan J. Demas October 30, 2009 A few weeks ago, I took a leisurely drive down to Ann Arbor while listening to a Michigan Radio report on the woes of Baraga County, where one in four people is unemployed. The reporter noted that the Upper Peninsula county holds dubious honor of [...]
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Mitten State Obsession
October 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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Budget Battles Bloody All
October 29th, 2009 · No CommentsBudget Battles Bloody All by Gongwer News Service October 30, 2009 Adlai Stevenson, once one of the nation’s leading politicians but now a name vanishing in the mists, said: “I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy [...]
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Business Leaders Offer Plan to Fix Michigan
October 29th, 2009 · 7 CommentsBusiness Leaders Offer Plan to Fix Michigan Guest Column by Dave Brandon and Mark Murray October 30, 2009 Two generations ago, Michigan was a “Top Ten” state for economic growth. For the past generation, we have lagged the nation as we become economically poorer, smaller and less competitive. Motivated by a desire to see Michigan [...]
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Wrong Message on Texting
October 29th, 2009 · 2 CommentsWrong Message on Texting by Tim Skubick October 30, 2009 Given a chance to reduce who-knows-how-many traffic fatalities and prevent how-many injuries, a House committee punted, taking the politically expedient way out. Shame on them. The issue was outlawing text messaging while driving, which 18 other states have already done. To be sure, the House [...]
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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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