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First, do no harm: ending the political delays that harm Michigan's economic outlook

(Part 11 in an 11-week economic plan to get Michigan moving again and get our people back to work)
With all the challenges facing Michigan’s economy, the first thing the legislature needs to do is to make sure it’s not making a difficult situation even worse. Michigan citizens deserve a state legislature that is willing to [...]

Lights. Camera. Action!

Some good news out of Lansing yesterday, with Governor Granholm signing bipartisan legislation that moves Michigan to the front of the pack in attracting film producers to Michigan. The legislation contains a tax incentive of up to 42% for making movies in Michigan, and with the word getting out that Michigan was considering this legislation [...]

How will that history judge us?

Near the end of tonight’s State of the State address, Governor Granholm put Michigan’s current challenges into context, noting that “When history is written, it will say that this decade of economic turmoil was among the toughest any state had to face in generations.” Against that historical backdrop, Granholm asked “How will that history judge [...]

Things Can Only Get Better

When Britain’s Labour party took power in 1997 after 18 years of Conservative rule, their theme song was D:Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better.” (You can even see Tony Blair “singing” it here.) The song served as Blair and New Labour’s version of “Don’t Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)” that worked so well for Bill Clinton [...]

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