Category Archives: MSU

Blogs We Dig: The Hometown Invasion Tour

June 28, 2007 – 10:04 am

The Hometown Invasion Tour is a documentation of the travels of Justin Sailor (a Michigan native) and friend (Rice the plastic squirrel) through each of the 50 states, staying “with a different family in each state, documenting hometown life through photography, interviews, and journal writing.” His project is online so that people can follow his [...]

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Michigan Tourism Strategic Plan unveiled

March 28, 2007 – 10:18 am

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 billion in state tax revenue, and the architects of the plan have set the goal of growing Michigan to be [...]

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Michigan Cherries

February 1, 2007 – 10:49 am

 In honor of National Cherry Month and Michigan’s vital and growing cherry industry, we present this special features from Taste the Local Difference by Carolyn Kelly Share this:

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A Fuel-Based Michigan Corn Boom?

January 29, 2007 – 9:44 am

reaching to the moon by oldbrushes As the state’s auto industry takes one hit after another, Michigan residents now have one more reason to consider heading back to the farm, corn-based ethanol. Today’s cover story in the Lansing State Journal looks at how corn may change the face of automotive fuel. The rising emergence of [...]

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A Very Good Point

December 21, 2006 – 6:29 pm

Jack Lessenberry says that even though he voted against Proposal 2 last month, and would vote against it again and is a a proud member of the American Civil Liberties Union, he thinks that the suits filed by the ACLU and the NAACP are flat-out wrong. Find out why over at Jack’s blog. Photo: Thirds [...]

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