Archive for Tag Archives: ' Gov. Rick Snyder'
Snyder’s legislative rocket slows in year 2
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder started his term in Lansing in 2011 on a hot streak. For six months, he consistently won quick legislative approval of his prime agenda items, capped by a $1.7 billion business tax [...]
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“I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything, and of many things I don’t know anything about, but I don’t have to [...]
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“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers” – Alfred Lord Tennyson, 19th century English poet * What’s going on inFinland? The Center forMichigan is engaged in a statewide round of community conversations on how to improve K-12 education. [...]
Michigan’s surrounded — and it’s a good thing
Business Leaders for Michigan, a group of some of the state’s most progressive, far-seeing corporate chiefs, has released a new 2012 Michigan Turnaround Plan – and it’s worth checking out. It lays out a far-reaching, long-term [...]
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“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom” –Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 19th century English poet. * We in Michigan all know that Gov. Rick Snyder is ga-ga over “dashboards” — sets of [...]
Truth Squad tackles ‘State of State’ speech
In Michigan in 2012, there’s really only one issue on the radar: jobs. How does the state get more of them? How do residents fill them? How much do they pay? In the hours leading up [...]
Critics of ‘Common Core’ school standards are worried about politics, not learning
Before we try to decide what should be taught should we first decide w
Critics of ‘Common Core’ school standards are worried about politics, not learning
Let's debate some more about what we teach our public school students
New rankings find fiscal troubles for city halls across Michigan
It is interesting that a city like Muskegon can be so well rated and a
Sewer overflows declining, but heavy rains still push sewage into streams
This is an excellent article, and Mr. Haglund is to be commended, but
New rankings find fiscal troubles for city halls across Michigan
So the birds come home to roost. All the years of overly generous pens