Little pay and no respect aren’t good selling points for professionals who could teach college courses, exposing students to the real world.
Ken Winter
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
Fighting to maintain life on Michigan’s island communities
Paying for services is hard enough for many Michigan communities. Providing them in island communities may be even harder.
Trump’s promise to bring jobs back home hits Michigan where it vacations
Labor shortages mean seasonal businesses depend on the H-2B visa for foreign workers, but this year the process has been markedly slowed, meaning at least one landscaper is shutting down
Is time running out on the Enbridge Straits pipeline 5?
The tide appears to be changing in favor of halting the controversial pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, as new studies, evidence and reason point to the line’s potential threat to the Great Lakes
Enbridge oil pipes and the Straits of Mackinac: Too risky to ignore
Extreme winters and hollow promises set the stage for a potential environmental calamity unless something changes.
After 40 years, effect of Michigan’s PBB crisis still not fully known
In 1973, a mistake exposed millions of residents to food contaminated with a dangerous chemical. Are those who consumed it still at risk? Studies are unclear.
Market-based approach will best protect the Straits from spills
If Enbridge Energy Partners believes its pipelines are safe, the company shouldn’t mind an agreement that holds it liable for cleanups if another petroleum spill happens around the precious Great Lakes.
Finding common ground with Detroit
Mackinac conference is bringing all corners of Michigan together for serious policy solutions.
Northern Michigan residents “ho hum” over Detroit’s bankruptcy.
Ask just about any northern Michigander about Detroit’s bankruptcy and they’ll tell you much the same—should have happened 20 years ago. After moving here some 41 years ago from Lansing myself and eventually becoming the editor and publisher of the Petoskey News-Review, I have found the attitude towards Detroit hasn’t changed much. Probably the strongest […]