Dave Dempsey tipped us off to this interview with Michigan Congressman John Dingell in Grist Magazine. Dingell is the Ranking Member of the influential Committee on Energy and Commerce. Although he played a key role in pushing through many environmental laws, including the Wilderness Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Air Act, he […]
This video combines brilliant work from a lot (but not all – sorry, sorry, sorry) of the photographers who have added photos of Detroit to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr with one of my favorite songs from the Detroit Cobras. Thank you all for your great support – I hope you enjoy it.
The Traverse City Record-Eagle has a nice feature on Traverse City’s Tim Smith, author and alter-ego of the popular “Buck Wilder” children’s book series that is worth a read. Smith self-published Buck Wilder’s Small Fry Fishing Guide and sold 100,000 copies in the first year. He has released a lot of titles in the 10 […]
River of gold by Kathy In Privatizing of Michigan’s water proceeds apace, Dave Dempsey re-prints the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s Proposed Determination on Nestle’s water withdrawal proposal. The DEQ finds Nestle’s proposed pumping rate of 216,000 gallons per day “…not likely to cause an adverse resource impact under Michigan’s new water withdrawal law.” Dave […]
The Detroit Free Press reports that an agreement was reached yesterday that allows the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University to delay implementing the voter-approved ban on affirmative action. The agreement only affects the admissions and financial aid programs. After July 1, 2007 the universities will have to comply with the […]
Here’s a great article about Michigan dairy (with tasty recipes) by Carolyn Kelly, Associate Editor of the Great Lakes Bulletin News Service and Taste the Local Difference.
April 17, 2006, photo by bobt54 Saturday’s Lansing State Journal reported that Michigan ranks 38th among states in rate of return on federal tax dollars, according to reports by the Northeast-Midwest Institute (NEMW) and The Tax Foundation. Michigan gets back about 85 cents on the dollar, but (according to the Governor’s office) had we gotten […]
director, cinematographer by Geoff George Yesterday, Great Lakes Politics wrote: The Michigan Senate is working overtime at the moment, accomplishing more than they have all year. This afternoon, they passed the Michigan Motion Picture Incentive Plan by a unanimous vote … Michigan is currently one of the only states in the union that offer Hollywood […]
A great shot that is one of many. The photographer is associated with Apex Pictures, a Michigan company that can work some serious digital magic with photographs.
Update March 12, 2011: Northern Lights are on the upswing for the next two years – see Michigan in Pictures for details! If anyone happens to see the northern lights in Michigan (or nearby) please scroll down to post a comment to alert others who are subscribed to the comments. Likewise, if you take (or […]
Today on Michigan in Pictures there is a cool snowflake photo and links to some neat stuff on snowflakes including a link to an excerpt from It’s Raining Frogs & Fishes on the white stuff we’re supposed to have at this time of year titled Nature Baroque: Snowflakes & Crystals. I also found a classic […]
Capitol Reflected by Apocaplops An article in yesterday’s Freep reported the latest on the recommendations by Citizens for Michigan regarding our state’s Constitution. Citizens for Michigan is a self-appointed, volunteer group includes the likes of former AG Frank Kelley, former publisher Phil Power, Oakland County CEO L. Brooks Patterson and other former legislators, legal experts, […]