Jackson Citizen Patriot -
Mitt Romney would have been nice, but his wife Ann is high-profile speaker for Jackson Lincoln Day Dinner
and Ottawa County are holding their Lincoln Day dinners on the same date. File photoJ.C. Watts With Michigan’s Republican presidential primary on Feb. 28, Brownlow said local Republicans were hoping to get Mitt Romney to speak. “Yeah, absolutely,” he said. Instead, Romney's wife will speak, along...
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USA Today -
A snapshot of singles in America
of that level of commitment," says Somers, a professor of sociology and history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "If you're of a certain age, it doesn't hold out those threatening senses of being controlled and contained. It feels like a nice, ceremonial thing...
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New York Times -
Dot Earth Blog: Obama Pushes for Investing in Young, Inquiring Minds
American history, you are guaranteed to find the exact worries today ? lagging economic growth, poor infrastructure, high energy prices, too many military conflicts, and a miserable education system. But we bounced back. We went to the Moon. We built the atomic bomb. We constructed airports, bridges...
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New York Times -
Obama Pushes for Investing in Young, Inquiring Minds
American history, you are guaranteed to find the exact worries today — lagging economic growth, poor infrastructure, high energy prices, too many military conflicts, and a miserable education system. But we bounced back. We went to the Moon. We built the atomic bomb. We constructed airports, bridges...
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Detroit Free Press -
MI: Snyder nonprofit fund takes in nearly $400,000
$25,000 were the Governor Club's biggest contributors. They were: • Total Health Care of Detroit • Michigan Credit Union League of Lansing • Jackson National Life Insurance Co. of Lansing • Detroit Medical Center • DTE Energy • Health Care Association of Michigan • HNTB Corp. of...
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Lansing State Journal -
Dozier: People Journal
_ Consumers Energy group awards grantThe Consumers Energy Foundation has awarded a $200 grant to an Eaton County organization for outstanding volunteerism by a utility employee who performed volunteer service during the past...
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FOXNews.com -
3 More States Up for Grabs in GOP Race Before Break
Other than Maine's week long caucus, which ends Saturday, nothing else is scheduled until the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Feb. 28. Republican voters will choose 36 delegates in Colorado and 40 in Minnesota. And although those delegates are free to switch candidates before the state conventions...
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Grand Rapids Press -
Proposed Zeeland bicycle and walking path moves forward after detour
was to have run along Fairview, north of Main, to Washington, then east along Washington past the Consumers Energy plant and through a field north of the Herman Miller site to the south end of the hospital campus. City officials say the new path is a good compromise, and...
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FOXNews.com -
GOP presidential race heads into latest contests with three more states up for grabs
Other than Maine's week long caucus, which ends Saturday, nothing else is scheduled until the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Feb. 28. Republican voters will choose 36 delegates in Colorado and 40 in Minnesota. And although those delegates are free to switch candidates before the state conventions...
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Grand Rapids Press -
Dunes developer contributes $10,000 to Saugatuck consolidation effort
in all three municipalities to occur. Singapore Dunes LLC -- owned by the CEO of the Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Co. Aubrey McClendon -- is planning to build a multi-million dollar resort on 320 acres on the north shore of the Kalamazoo River. The company is currently in litigation with...
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Marquette Mining Journal -
Homeowner program helps lower energy bills
knew they needed to work toward a more energy-efficient home. But coming up with the money for an energy audit and improvements was another matter. So when they read about the TC Saves program, the frugal couple - both physical therapists who share a single job - were the...
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Detroit Free Press -
MI: House Democrats unveil bills to strengthen state government ethics laws
LANSING – House Democrats would require financial disclosure by state lawmakers and top appointed officials in Michigan under a package of bills unveiled Thursday. The bills would also establish "cooling off" periods before lawmakers and top state officials could become lobbyists. “The people of this...
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Detroit Free Press -
WJBK-TV executive Murri known as an 'exceptional leader'
legacy will live on in the many lives he touched. We will miss him tremendously." Murri, a Michigan native, was a graduate of Oakland University and began his career at WJBK as a local account executive in 1984. In 1991, after working in Atlanta and New York for...
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FOXNews.com -
Payroll tax extension talks yield slow progress, but big roadblocks remain
more toward their pensions, and auctioning broadcast spectrum. The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, has invoked procedural rules that could block Democrats from including their priorities, such as renewing expired tax breaks for clean energy investments. It also would block Democrats...
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Detroit Free Press -
Jeff Murri, WJBK-TV general manager, dies at 50
his legacy will live on in the many lives he touched. We will miss him tremendously.” Murri, a Michigan native, was a graduate of Oakland University and began his career at WJBK as a local account executive in 1984. In 1991, after working in Atlanta and New York for...
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FOXNews.com -
Man: I was paid to kill Detroit marketing exec- US missionary couple found dead in Mexico
woman, a source close to the investigation told the Detroit Free Press. Joseph Gentz, 48, walked into a Michigan police station on Tuesday and told investigators he had a direct role in the murder of Jane Bashara -- found strangled last week -- and that the woman's husband...
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FOXNews.com -
Payroll tax extension talks yield slow progress
more toward their pensions, and auctioning broadcast spectrum. The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, has invoked procedural rules that could block Democrats from including their priorities, such as renewing expired tax breaks for clean energy investments. It also would block Democrats...
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FOXNews.com -
Man: I was paid to kill Detroit marketing exec- US missionary couple found dead in Mexico- Deaths at Ariz. philanthropists' home ruled homicide
woman, a source close to the investigation told the Detroit Free Press. Joseph Gentz, 48, walked into a Michigan police station on Tuesday and told investigators he had a direct role in the murder of Jane Bashara -- found strangled last week -- and that the woman's husband...
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FOXNews.com -
Man: I Was Paid to KillDetroit Marketing Exec
woman, a source close to the investigation told the Detroit Free Press. Joseph Gentz, 48, walked into a Michigan police station on Tuesday and told investigators he had a direct role in the murder of Jane Bashara -- found strangled last week -- and that the woman's husband...
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Grand Rapids Press -
MDOT takes steps toward 'green' future, going solar at I-96 park-and-ride
hoisted panels atop support beams on Wednesday. Lauded by state officials as the first of its kind in Michigan when announced last week, the $650,000 federally funded project is unfolding on schedule, said John Richard, a Michigan Department of Transportation spokesman. The panels are expected to save...
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USA Today -
Singles survey: 58% have had one-night stand
of that level of commitment," says Somers, a professor of sociology and history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "If you're of a certain age, it doesn't hold out those threatening senses of being controlled and contained. It feels like a nice, ceremonial thing...
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Detroit Free Press -
House Democrats unveil bill to strengthen state government ethics laws
Filed Under LANSING -- House Democrats would require financial disclosure by state lawmakers and top elected officials in Michigan under a package of bills unveiled Thursday. The bills would also establish "cooling off" periods before lawmakers and top state officials could become lobbyists. "The people...
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Detroit Free Press -
House Democrats to unveil bill to strengthen state government ethics laws
people who negotiate state contracts while in government service.” Also Thursday, the citizen watchdog group Common Cause in Michigan launched a campaign and petition drive aimed at increasing government transparency. “Since Gov. Rick Snyder has called for ethics reform,” the group said on a new Web...
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Jackson Citizen Patriot -
Letter: Kids Count report shows Jackson County must do more for its youngest residents
JACKSON — The recently released Kids Count report again shows rising rates of child abuse and neglect across Michigan, a direct result of the economic downturn that has plagued our state for the last several years. In Jackson County, the number of children suffering abuse or neglect has increased...
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FOXNews.com -
Man claims he was paid to kill Detroit exec, amid reports of 'sex dungeon' on husband's property
woman, a source close to the investigation told the Detroit Free Press. Joseph Gentz, 48, walked into a Michigan police station on Tuesday and told investigators he had a direct role in the murder of Jane Bashara -- found strangled last week -- and that the woman's husband...
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