Category Archives: Government

Roundup: Opening Day of Michigan deer hunting season

November 15, 2011 – 7:00 am

Buck on the run by oakwood Opening day of deer season probably ranks pretty high in the list of Michigan holidays. I know a lot of businesses that will be closed for the next few days in recognition that their employees would just be out sick anyway with buck fever. And just as I know [...]

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Funding cuts leave college students and families swimming in debt

November 14, 2011 – 8:20 am

University of Michigan ~ West Hall by Trish P. – K1000 Gal The Saginaw News reports that as state support has dropped over the last 30 years, Michigan’s 15 public universities have compensated by raising tuition, fees and room and board, adding $3,000 each semester in tuition in the last decade alone. As need rises, [...]

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Today is Veterans Day

November 11, 2011 – 6:30 am

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis Today’s photo and quotation is provided by luna.nik and I think that it pretty much sums up what is asked, what is given and what we are called to remember and honor on [...]

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11/11/11: MSU Spartans vs North Carolina on US Navy aircraft carrier

November 8, 2011 – 8:50 pm

“I can’t think of a better way to start my senior season” ~MSU Center Draymond Green Do you suppose that Tom Izzo uses lines like “I can’t offer you beaches and palm trees, but chances are you’ll be playing on aircraft carriers and on national television in March.”?? This Friday, November 11th at 7 PM [...]

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DNR Uncut: Michigan State Parks Capture Top National Award

November 3, 2011 – 5:56 pm

Here’s a “guest” post from the Michigan DNR. We say “guest” in that we copied and pasted it from their website. Great parks, great news.  Collectively Falling – Bond Falls by Aaron C. Jors The Department of Natural Resources announced today that Michigan state parks and recreation areas have won the 2011 National Recreation and [...]

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November 2011 Michigan Event Calendar

November 1, 2011 – 9:35 am

November by Karen from Michigan Here’s a bunch Michigan festivals & events for the month of November. As usual, there’s no way to get them all, so please add links and information about the one’s we’ve missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below. Share this:

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Urban Farming and The Kings of Flint

October 27, 2011 – 10:44 am

“What we’re trying to do is a systems change. We’re trying to build up a small, local economy that’s place based – that can’t pick up and go somewhere else.” ~Stephen Arellano, Ruth Mott Foundation in Flint Mallory Horton Waters Plants in the GreenHouse at Harvesting Earth Urban Garden by Michigan Municipal League (MML) Click [...]

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Experience Great Lakes Week with Great Lakes Now

October 12, 2011 – 7:26 am

Edited Oct 17, 2011 to bring in the archived content from Great Lakes Week 2011 Detroit Public Television (DPTV), in partnership with the International Joint Commission, the Great Lakes Commission, U.S. EPA, and Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition provided unprecedented access to the largest gathering of scientists, political voices, educators, environmentalists, and interested groups ever [...]

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Michigan punches its ticket for high-speed rail

October 6, 2011 – 10:17 am

Vanishing Point by e.rabior Business Week reports that Michigan made some major moves toward high-speed rail yesterday: A high-speed passenger train service between Chicago and Detroit took two big steps forward Wednesday with a $196.5 million federal grant to Michigan and the state’s acquisition of a 135-mile stretch of track. The U.S. Department of Transportation [...]

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Rural Broadband Works … and could work for Michigan

September 29, 2011 – 11:19 am

On October 3rd an organization called “Broadband WORKS for Rural America” is bringing together hundreds of individuals and groups from around the country to Washington, DC in order send a message that rural America needs increased wireless broadband access in order to grow the economy and bring jobs to those who need it most. Absolute [...]

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