Archive for May, 2007


History, Arts and Libraries department under (Mackinac island) review


Lansing State Journal - With $45 million from the state and another $10 million from the federal government, HAL operates the state library and archives, Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Michigan Historical Center and the Mackinac Island State Park Commission. Nearly
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Yak on the Mighty Mac
Detroit Free Press - At about the same time, the famous Grand Hotel opened on Mackinac Island and more and more people were traveling Up North to visit the island, so there was a lot of interest in some kind of straits crossing, Bob explained. Then the automobile came
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Locals fed up with state on budget woes
MLive.com - Hoffman said the best way for Granholm to resolve the crisis is to send House Speaker Andy Dillon and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop to the governor’s mansion on Mackinac Island. “I would send them up there, and I would lock them in there and say
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Granholm to tout cost-saving efforts today
Detroit News - MACKINAC ISLAND — Gov. Jennifer Granholm will tout her government cost-cutting efforts and take her case for a tax increase before southeast Michigan movers and shakers Friday at the Detroit Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference. Reforms include such
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Mackinac conference can make a difference if leaders stick to goals
Detroit Free Press - Mackinac Island lives in the past. The Detroit area cannot afford to any longer. So the historic island between Michigan’s peninsulas seems all the odder a setting this year for the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference. But maybe, as
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