School funding crisis highlights inequities
So, where does the additional money go?
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The Ann Arbor News has an excellent article that looks at how the current school funding crisis might pit school districts against one another as schools on the…
Alternative energy makes economic sense for Michigan
Quixote by Lantern Waste Studios
Right now, only 3% of Michigan's electricity comes from renewable resources. Michigan Public Service Commission Chairman J. Peter Lark says that raising the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) is a good…
Film Festival Update: Funding cuts, festival coverage and YouTube
Michigan Theater by meanmustard1982
Create Detroit pulled together all the links surrounding this NPR feature on state lawmakers cutting funding for the Ann Arbor Film Festival for three years (at least), claiming it showed material they…
Is the Michigan Environmental Protection Act in need of protection?
Resting on the River Bottom by simply, Diann
The Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC) is the first group to officially campaign to protect the 37-year-old Michigan Environmental Protection Act from a potentially devastating…
Selling Michigan ... to Michigan's youth
U-M North Campus Computer Science
Building by meanmustard1982
Phil Power writes that he recently had dinner with a group of bright, enthusiastic young people, all about to graduate from college and excited about their future ... and all…
Auto industry, unions talk climate change with Congress
howling jed, my 'baby' by oldbrushes
The AP article Auto industry leaders discuss climate change with Congress reports that the leaders of General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union appeared yesterday before…
Van Andel Institute & Spectrum for Center for Molecular Medicine
GVSU Cook-DeVos Center for
Health Sciences by docksidepress
The Great Lakes IT Reports says that the Van Andel Institute and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids have formed a new joint venture, the Center for Molecular Medicine. The Center…
Iceboat vs. Chevy on Lake St. Clair
The news today is kind of heavy, so how about an iceboat racing a Chevy on frozen Lake St. Clair off Mt. Clemens in the 1930 equivalent of viral video?
Michigan's political gridlock is bad for business
Traffic Jammed by Paul Hitz
The Lansing State Journal reports that the inability Michigan's governor and lawmakers to come to an agreement that solves the state's budget crisis is not playing well on Wall Street. Standard & Poor's Rating…
Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan for Friday, March 9th 2007
A-way back when, I would start every morning by scouring the internet for 5 things (more or less) that I thought folks who live in and/or love Michigan needed to know to post on Absolute Michigan. I am postive this will not be an every day thing,…
Michigan's reps speak for Great Lakes ... but will anything get done?
Zebra Mussel Shell by mybunnyrexieThe Lansing State Journal reports that Michigan and Great Lakes US Reps on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment were more than a bit testy at a hearing…
Comerica heading for Dallas ... can we get Nowitzki in return?
Comerica and Guardian by detroitsky
The Detroit News reports that Comerica Inc. announced yesterday that it will move its headquarters from Detroit to Dallas. The bank says that only 200 jobs will move, leaving about 7,300 Comerica employees…