Phil Power is founder and chairman of the Center for Michigan. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: The biggest barrier to a prosperous American economy is the U.S. Congress. Cynical, no doubt. But true in important ways not seen for generations. The Economist, an internationally respected news magazine, recently ran a […]
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Battle Creek merger kept Kellogg popping
Battle Creek is unequivocally the “Cereal City.” But relations between the city and Kellogg Co. — its largest employer — haven’t always been as sweet as a bowl of Froot Loops. In the early 1980s, Kellogg threatened to pack up its cereal boxes and leave town unless the city and Battle Creek Township merged. didn’t […]