Category Archives: Government

Michigan's Small Business Advocate … and cider

September 18, 2008 – 8:11 am

cider by yodraws
Crain's Detroit has a neat "Small Talk" series of videos. One of these is a Q&A with Michigan's Small Business Advocate, Chris Holman. His job is to connect small businesses with services and programs. I had no idea there was even such a position (Chris's page can be found at michigan.org).
Chris is (was?) [...]

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Visit the Capitol September 18 for the Select Michigan Day Farmers Market

September 16, 2008 – 11:16 am

Farmer's Market @ the Michigan Capitol
The Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution last week naming Thursday, September 18, 2008 the fourth annual “Buy Fresh, Buy Local – Select Michigan Day,” and to celebrate, there will be a special “Select Michigan Day” farmers market from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the east lawn of [...]

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Michigan's Famous and Historical Trees Sought as Part of National Effort

September 11, 2008 – 4:01 pm

Church Beeches by Simonds
The Michigan Forest Association, in conjunction with the Michigan Forestry and Parks Association and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is searching for famous and historical trees in Michigan. As part of a nationwide effort to locate and document these trees, the association plans to update its book "Michigan's Famous [...]

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Back to School: Free college with The Kalamazoo Promise

September 9, 2008 – 1:13 pm

The Promise Starts Here by Ed Roth
Quite simply, The Kalamazoo Promise is a scholarship offered to every Kalamazoo Public School student. Depending on the time in the district and income level of the family, students may earn up to 100% tuition at any public State of Michigan university or community college.
You can get an update [...]

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John McCain & Michigan

September 8, 2008 – 12:43 pm

Sarah Palin Addresses Michigan, photo by b24chicago
Last Friday, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain made his first major visit to Michigan. In McCain Makes a Run at Michigan, A Wavering Democratic Stronghold, the Wall Street Journal observes that Michigan could be critical in November:
If John McCain becomes the nation's 44th president, it may be thanks to [...]

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Michigan History: A Grand Old Building That Still Looks New

August 5, 2008 – 9:26 am

A visit to the State Capitol building in Lansing is a must for all Michiganians. Not only is the Michigan Capitol a beautiful building, it was designed by Elijah E. Myers, one of America’s greatest architects.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1832, Elijah Myers studied law, then carpentry, before apprenticing with a friend who was an [...]

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We Are All Downstream

July 27, 2008 – 8:21 am

Together. by Rick Spillers
Eric Hansen is the author of "Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula" and "Hiking Wisconsin". In this morning's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that begins:
Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior and Lake [...]

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The Week for July 21-27, 2008

July 21, 2008 – 9:34 am

Fun on Pleasant Lake by MWOOD19
Welcome to The Week on Absolute Michigan. Summer is in full swing around the state and candidates in Michigan primaries are trying to chicken dinner their way to an August 6th victory.
Our July Michigan Event Calendar says that events folks can check out this weekend include the Michigan Brewers Guild [...]

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Barack Obama & Michigan

June 19, 2008 – 9:21 am

Gore, Obama and Granholm by wizardkitten
As the editor, I try pretty hard to keep the tone on Absolute Michigan as non-partisan as possible.
When I read Obama Reaches Out to Michigan Voters in the Washington Independent, I realized that as a result, we probably side-step a lot of significant news ... and also some vital discussion [...]

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The Week for June 16-22, 2008

June 16, 2008 – 10:20 am

tahquamenon falls by ercy
In his SE Michigan 2008 Strawberry season field report, Ann Arbor blogger Edward Vielmetti says that strawberries are ready to pick. In addition to continuing storms and flooding, the presumptive Presidential nominees are setting their eyes on Michigan with Barack Obama in Flint and Detroit today and John McCain reportedly deciding on [...]

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