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Mar 11, 2010
Bipartisan freshmen demand movement on term limits and budget reforms
Two strong reforms are sitting idle because the bosses in the Michigan House of Representatives won't take action. That's the charge levied by two leaders of the House Freshman Bipartisan Caucus. In a March 3 letter to leadership, State Reps Bill Rogers, R-Brighton, and Tim Bledsoe, D-Grosse Pointe, demand attention to their joint proposals to extend [...]

Mar 11, 2010
TAKE ACTION: Tell House leaders to take up budget and term limits reforms
If you invest one minute of your time, you can help Bipartisan Freshman Caucus members Bill Rogers and Tim Bledsoe force the issue on term limits and budget reforms. Call or email House leaders today. Tell them to get off their hands and move forward with important budget and term limits reforms. The easiest way is [...]

Mar 11, 2010
Education Town Hall Report: Support for Pre-K and funding, scrutiny of bennies
The Center for Michigan's town hall meeting in East Lansing Wednesday was jam-packed with citizens, business people and educators eager to see the issues of children and schools go to the top of the agenda for the 2010 statewide elections. Click here for a quick guide to the big issues. In case you missed it, [...]

Mar 11, 2010
Audience vote totals from Wednesday's Education Town Hall Meeting
Following are the vote totals from the Education Town Hall meeting. Over 200 participants voted on a range of issues from Pre-K Education through Higher Ed.          

Mar 11, 2010
SPECIAL REPORT: Top 10 budget cuts & Top 10 revenue ideas
By Susan J. Demas It's that time of year again when the governor and lawmakers slog through next year's budget due on Oct. 1. Given the fact that the federal stimulus money has run dry, the budget hole is pegged to be at least $1.7 billion even after a decade of deficits. And it's an election [...]

Mar 11, 2010
SUCCESS STORY: Manufacturer moves beyond autos
By Jo Mathis Laurie Moncrieff was working at IBM back in the early 80s when she watched the number of employees drop from 15,000 to 1,500. she saw the same thing happen to the textile and furniture industries. So when she moved back to Michigan in the early 90s to join her family's tool and die business, [...]


03/11/2010
Stumbling Senate blocks sensible tourism funding

03/04/2010
SPECIAL REPORT: Citizen's Guide to Michigan Education Issues

03/04/2010
SPECIAL REPORT: Pay for performance coming to Michigan schools

03/04/2010
SUCCESS STORY: Michigan's Teacher of the Year

03/04/2010
More evidence of potential local government savings

03/04/2010
Passing the buck thru unfunded mandates

02/25/2010
SPECIAL REPORT: Combining cop shops can save big bucks

02/25/2010
SUCCESS STORY: Majoring in Michigan entrepreneurship

02/25/2010
Three Things every Monday morning

02/25/2010
Carp fiasco shows lack of government accountability

02/25/2010
Carp about carp and win a free pizza party

02/25/2010
Three things every citizen should know about state prisons

02/18/2010
Center launches Great Debates with 18 partner organizations

02/18/2010
SPECIAL REPORT: "Kalkaska Option" mushrooming across Michigan school districts

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