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As rural America struggles, federal Rural Development funds go to wealthy suburbs and metro centers

April 7, 2007 – 11:44 am

The Washington Post had a story yesterday on the fact that a large percentage of the USDA Rural Development funds have been sent instead to America’s metropolitan areas. As the Post points out, “more than three times as much money went to metropolitan areas with populations of 50,000 or more ($30.3 billion) as to poor [...]

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21st Century Energy Plan already out of date

February 1, 2007 – 12:13 pm

Yesterday, Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) Chairman J. Peter Lark presented Governor Granholm with the MPSC’s much-anticipated (and overdue) 21st Century Energy Plan. Despite the official fanfare, however, the plan, with its call for watered-down renewable portfolio standards and the immediate construction of new coal-fired power plants, seems better suited to the 19th-century than to [...]

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An economic plan that puts local people first

October 17, 2006 – 9:39 am

Tonight at the Manistee County forum hosted by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians I laid out an eight-point economic plan that builds on our strengths and puts local people first.
If we’re going to turn our state around, it’s crucial that we have local-based representatives that are willing to stand up to the Lansing [...]

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Two more steps on the road to the new Michigan economy

August 29, 2006 – 10:23 am

Two announcements this week helped move Michigan forward on the path to leading the country in alternative energy innovation, production, and distribution. Yesterday, Governor Granholm announced $500,000 in grants to convert 1,000 Michigan fuel pumps to bio-diesel or ethanol by 2008. And on Monday the governor announced that The Venture Michigan Fund I has $200 [...]

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Energy Fair Offers Promise of Growth for Northwest Michigan

June 15, 2006 – 11:18 am

In 1925, Henry Ford predicted that cars rolling off his assembly lines would someday be fueled by vegetation “like that sumach out by the road, or from apples, weeds, sawdust – almost anything.” [1] Nearly a century later, renewable, plant-based fuel is on its way to becoming a large-scale reality. This weekend, the Michigan Energy [...]

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A 7-Point Plan for Michigan’s Future

June 12, 2006 – 11:25 am

On Monday, June 12, we held press conferences in Elmwood Township and Scottville announcing our 7-point to Fight for Michigan’s Future. Twenty other press conferences were held across the state as part of our coordinated campaign to retake the State Legislature.
While we have many issues that we will highlight over the course of the campaign, [...]

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