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- Republican candidate for Governor Rick Snyder says state government should be run like a business, with customer service as its focus. Snyder proposes that state leaders ask citizens for their input in how the state budget is set. ...
Michigan Radio All week The Environment Report is airing a series of stories about Dow Chemical and Dioxin. What questions do you have about cleaning up polluted sites? Do you want to know about the process of cleaning up pollution, what it costs, who pays for it? Let us know and we'll try to get your questions answered on Friday morning during Morning Edition...
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Former executives said it was unclear if payoffs of about $1 million were made to Iraqi officials, but the goal was to hush criticism and buy support after 17 civilians were killed.
Amy Johnston Knape I really appreciated Charity's interview with Craig Ruff yesterday. It helped me remember the reasons behind Proposal A and put the whole issue of school funding in context.
Michigan Radio Michigan Radio's Facing the Mortgage Crisis series continues with Jennifer Guerra's story on an artistic approach to neighborhood stabilization.
MICHIGAN: Facing the Mortgage Crisis: An Artistic Approach to Neighborhood Stabilization (2009-11-11
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- Earlier this year Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra introduced us to an artist named Mitch Cope. He and his wife live in a working-class neighborhood in Detroit. It's pretty mixed with Polish and Ukranian families and lots of Bangledeshi immigrants. ...
Michigan Radio Today is Veterans Day and Michigan Radio's Kyle Norris met with a writing group for military vets that uses writing to help them deal with mental illness.
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- Here's an excerpt from a poem written by Dominic. He asked that his last name not be used because of privacy concerns. Dominic served in the Navy from 1981 to 1986. "It's not that hell it's this hell, ...
Michigan Radio Michigan Radio’s Charity Nebbe prepares to tape an interview with Policy Analyst Craig Ruff about Proposal A which in 1994 shifted the responsibility of funding schools from local property taxes to the state.
Michigan Radio Here is Part 2 of Jennifer Guerra's new series in our Facing the Mortgage Crisis project.
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- Joanne Palek and her brother, Richard, have lived on West Court Street in Flint for 10 years. A few years ago, the abandoned house next door burned down. So they bought the empty lot from the Genesee County Land Bank for exactly $1.00, and then they started to plant. ...
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"Michigan's News & Views":
Michigan Radio: Governor
Granholm says only public outcry will stop cuts to K-12 education. Do
you agree? Are you planning on calling your state Senator or
Representative about the cuts to education funding? Will it make a
difference?
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- Governor Granholm says it's up to the education community to convince the State Senate that public education cuts in the budget are "unacceptable."The Governor says the Senate won't vote to increase revenue unless they see a popular "groundswell" opposing the cuts. ...
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FYI - Michigan State University is seriously considering completely closing down its Geology Program (majors, degrees, etc.), and it is getting serious coverage in Facebook, as well as a lot of communication and feedback from current Geology students as well as many Geology alumni and even from faculty at other univers...ities (i.e., Ohio State, Univ. of Illinois, Univ. of Michigan, etc). See: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16
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Michigan Radio We now have a Facebook fan page for our new project Generation Y Michigan. Join us there to keep up on news stories, blog posts, guest essays and discussions.
A look at the reasons why young adults are or are not staying in Michigan, brought to you by Michigan Radio, your NPR news station.
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Michigan Radio Sesame Street celebrates its 40th Anniversary!
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As the classic children's television program celebrates its 40th anniversary, the producers of Sesame Street talk about how the show has changed.
Michigan Radio Governor Granholm says only public outcry will stop cuts to K-12 education. Do you agree? Are you planning on calling your state Senator or Representative about the cuts to education funding? Will it make a difference?
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- Governor Granholm says it's up to the education community to convince the State Senate that public education cuts in the budget are "unacceptable."The Governor says the Senate won't vote to increase revenue unless they see a popular "groundswell" opposing the cuts. ...
Michigan Radio Lauren Silverman reports
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Kristen Bialik is like many other young college students in Michigan. She loves the Midwest, but she's not planning on staying here after she graduates...
MICHIGAN: Facing the Mortgage Crisis: Aging Out of Foster Care and Into Affordable Housing (2009-11-
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- The Vista Maria campus for girls has gorgeous brick buildings spread out over 37 acres. You could easily mistake it for a boarding school out east. There's the big lawn out front. Volleyball courts behind each hall. ...
