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Michigan's Curriculum among the best for college

The High by DA2Brian From the Silver Lining Department: GROW Detroit called out this Detroit Free Press article (Michigan does good job of preparing kids for college, survey finds) saying that Michigan was cited as one of the three states…
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Time for the Great Lakes State to stand tall

I looked around and around for something to post today. Everywhere I looked things were on vacation, offline or crashing my browser. The news has become something that - for the most part - I can't bear to spend time with. There are only…
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Massive trade sends Legislature, Governor to Guam

Dave Dombrowski, Joe Dumars & Jim Leyland, shown evaluating their new acquisitions. DATELINE: APRIL 1, 2007, LANSING, MICHIGAN Residents of Michigan were stunned today by the announcement of a massive trade that sent Michigan's…
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Counting Down until the Roof Falls In

We're on course to have the roof fall in. And our political leaders are failing us. They knew what was coming. And yet, they continue to play partisan games. -Jack Lessenberry from Political Bafflement I have been looking at this building…
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Michigan Tourism Strategic Plan unveiled

The Michigan Tourism Strategic Plan was unveiled Monday at the Driving Tourism 2007 conference by the Michigan Tourism Planning Council. Michigan's tourism industry generates $17.5 billion dollars in annual revenue, 200,000 jobs and almost $1…
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Just go read it: Tuesday Edition

Mew by Nicole Rork Journalist and journalism professor Jack Lessenberry says Journalism is sort of the nation's circulatory system. Journalists at their best carry light, air, and information throughout society. Science Daily (via Dave…
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New Faces, New Futures: Immigrants, women change Michigan farming

By Julie Hay, Great Lakes Bulletin News Service Leo Ocanas photo by J. Carl Ganter with-these-hands.com There is an ease in his heavily accented voice. Neither his accent nor his modesty, though, masks the smile in Leo Ocanas's voice…
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Partisan Pileup: Special Report

Pile Up by Turtle Creek by The Rocketeer"WOOD-TV reports that Senate Republicans on Thursday passed a $34-per-student cut for schools, then voted for hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to local governments, community corrections, health…
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School funding crisis highlights inequities

So, where does the additional money go? View larger at citizensforequity.org 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…