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Trans4M’ing Our Communities across Michigan through Transportation Reform

Anonymous on August 3, 2012 - 9:17am

By Brian McGrain, Associate Director/Chief Operating Officer for CEDAM

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Homeless Camps in West Michigan

Anonymous on August 2, 2012 - 4:56pm

It's not the nicest home at "North Camp" -- a settlement of homeless shanties that has grown in recent years. That honor goes to Cookie's place, just down the way. But Gary Owczarzak and Cookie still live on the same side of the tracks. "He's got a mailbox down there," said Gary Owczarzak, a resident of this homeless camp in the city of Walker. He's pointing down the railroad tracks, toward the home of a homeless man known as Cookie. 

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Controversial Rhee Spends Big in Michigan Primary

Anonymous on August 2, 2012 - 1:30am

In politics, money talks.Over a period of four days last week, groups affiliated with Michelle Rhee - the controversial former chancellor of Washington DC's public schools - dumped nearly $160,000 in a single state House race.

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Bolger: Practice What You Preach?

Anonymous on August 1, 2012 - 10:23am

Last week, the Detroit Free Press published new text messages and emails in the BolgerGate scandal that read “dirty as hell” and "I can pretty much guarantee it is shady because I know the players involved."

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"Whatever"

Anonymous on July 31, 2012 - 1:55pm

Pete Hoekstra still isn’t sorry.
After a racist and offensive Super Bowl ad, Hoekstra is still oblivious.
Hoekstra's election gimmick featured an Asian American woman speaking in broken English to attack Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The ad backfired, and was widely criticized by newspaper editorials and Republican pundits.
On Sunday when asked on Michigan Matters about the ad, Pete Hoekstra said “whatever.”

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Speaking with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Anonymous on July 30, 2012 - 11:45am

By Ross Yednock, Director, Economic Opportunity Initiatives/Coordinator, Michigan Earned Income Credit Coalition

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Demand climbing for women in science, engineering, math fields

Anonymous on July 28, 2012 - 1:05pm

Like something out of a movie or crime drama, Kailey Doherty studied the DNA strand, looking for a possible match.The 17 year old was trying to catch a killer.OK, not a real killer. But the lab simulation did use real DNA, and the teenage girls gathered at Kettering University were using the same techniques put to work to solve high-profile cases across the country.

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Welcome to the New and Improved CCF Website and Blog

Anonymous on July 25, 2012 - 3:39pm

Editor's note: It's important to note that if you read our blog through an RSS feed and would like to continue to receive email updates, you will need to renew your subscription as the blog has been moved.As my mom always reminded me, it not what's on the outside but what's on the inside that really counts. Last week CCF unveiled a new look but rest assured we haven't changed on the inside.

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Michigan For Sale

Anonymous on July 24, 2012 - 2:15pm

Who is Richard McLellan? As a longtime Lansing attorney, McLellan has spent decades helping big corporations cash in on all Michigan’s most precious assets.

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