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Not much above par on Michigan’s scorecard

Not much above par on Michigan’s scorecard

Gov. Rick Snyder campaigned for the state’s top elected office in 2010 with a promise to “reinvent” Michigan. The Center for Michigan’s 2012 Michigan Scorecard, compiled in partnership with Data Driven Detroit, shows there’s still plenty ...

State leaders run wrong way on higher education

State leaders run wrong way on higher education

The progressive group Business Leaders for Michigan just held a leadership summit devoted to the topic of learning and our state’s economic future. The theme was “Higher Education: A Growth Engine for the New Michigan” and ...

Guest column: What do pizza guy, chemistry guy and office furniture guy have in common?

Guest column: What do pizza guy, chemistry guy and office furniture guy have in common?

By Doug Rothwell/Business Leaders for Michigan The pizza guy, the office furniture guy, the chemistry guy … they have more in common than you know. The leaders of Michigan’s Domino’s Pizza, Steelcase and Dow are coming ...

Land O Links

Land O Links

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom” – Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman senator * Center for Michigan President John Bebow sat down with Michigan Municipal League President Dan Gilmartin to ...

Legislators want to run, not pay for, Mich. universities

Legislators want to run, not pay for, Mich. universities

Spring budget treks to the State Capitol by the presidents of Michigan’s public universities weren’t always this pointless. When lawmakers appropriated half the money or more that universities spent for operations, it paid for presidents to ...

Legislature yaps at critical part of state’s recovery

Legislature yaps at critical part of state’s recovery

For years, physicists and science-fiction writers have speculated about whether parallel universes might exist alongside our own. I’m certainly not qualified to get into the domain of theoretical physics, but I can testify that when it comes ...