Category Archives: Health & Medical

Shutdown averted … by a service tax

October 1, 2007 – 10:27 am

An appeal to reason by Apocaplops
StateGate seems like it might be nearing its conclusion with an 13th hour deal reached at 4 AM when legislators were apparently too tired to fight anymore. The LSJ reports:
"This budget agreement is the right solution for Michigan," Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in a news release after the vote. "We [...]

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Five things you need to know for Thursday, September 20, 2007

September 20, 2007 – 9:20 am

It's been 2 months since our last Five Things you need to know about Michigan posting. I'm tempted to say that there was nothing you needed to know over that period, but the truth is we were busy working and trying to enjoy all the summer fun Michigan has to offer!
(not) Getting the job done

Countdown [...]

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Lansing Area Capital Gains: Volume 1, Issue 1

September 10, 2007 – 8:50 am

Summer Night in Old Town by sabatoa
The Model D empire continues its inexorable march to talk about what's going right in Michigan cities with Lansing Area Capital Gains. The first issue includes a feature by managing editor Brad Garmon on the resurgence of Michigan's Capital City that begins:
It doesn't take an urban planner or a [...]

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Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

July 3, 2007 – 9:54 am

Watch Michael Moore's Sicko online, birdwatch (or apartment hunt) in Detroit's Brush Park, follow the growing Michigan wine industry with a new blog and head over to Fremont, Michigan - baby food capital of the world!

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Automation Alley rolls with the changes

May 23, 2007 – 8:50 am

Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry interviews Thomas Anderson, vice-president and the senior director of Automation Alley about how the Southeast Michigan based organization is working to help businesses in the City of Detroit and Genesee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties meet a changing business environment. In a manner common to Jack's [...]

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An email from the Center

April 16, 2007 – 8:00 am

Bridge by Kathy
The Center for Michigan sends a weekly email newsletter that takes a look at Michigan's problems AND potential solutions from a perspective that is neither Republican nor Democrat - ie. the approach that will probably be required to get our partisanly polarized political process back on the rails.
Rather than weigh you down with [...]

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Michigan's Curriculum among the best for college

April 11, 2007 – 9:22 am

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 (along with Kentucky and Indiana) most closely aligning state curriculum with college expectations (view Michigan's [...]

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Van Andel Institute & Spectrum for Center for Molecular Medicine

March 14, 2007 – 9:29 am

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 will offer molecular technologies for investigation of complex diseases like cancer, heart disease, mental illness and other conditions at [...]

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Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan for Friday, March 9th 2007

March 9, 2007 – 10:28 am

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, but I miss doing it so here goes...
On [...]

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Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did!
The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there.

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