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Movies go over budget all the time. So too, apparently, do movie incentive programs.
Lawmakers on Wednesday seemed somewhat stunned by the estimated $110 [...]
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Below are a few of the many great events going on this weekend.
Hometown Hootenanny tonight (Friday from 8:00pm-11:00pm) at Downtown Home and Gardens to support Avalon Housing. The live auction donors read like a who’s who of wonderful local businesses. Get in on the fun and support a [...]
The Thursday 4-3 ruling struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, saying sexual orientation "does not constitute a legitimate [...]
Today, national antiwar groups--including United for Peace and Justice and Code Pink--declared victory in announcing that for the first time the House of Representatives has denied a war funding request. The latest request, worth $166 billion, was defeated despite leading Democrats announcing that the funding request would [...]
Back in March, the Mediamouse.org affiliated Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) issued a media alert asking people to contact their legislators about a resolution that would overturn a December 2007 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that allowed further consolidation of the media. In a rare [...]
Plaintiffs -- National Wildlife Federation, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Huron Mountain Club and Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve [...]
The report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington, funded in part by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, focused on the attainment of higher [...]

We're a little late on promoting this, but we wanted to take a minute to let everyone know that today is "National Bike/Walk to Work Day." While biking is only an individual response to the destruction of the environment and cannot make up for organizing against [...]
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US.
China Earthquake Toll Tops 21,500The death toll from this week's earthquake in China's Sichuan province [...]
“The Michigan House of Representatives today passed a comprehensive, long-term energy plan that will create thousands of jobs now for Michigan workers, keep electricity affordable for consumers and businesses, and ensure that our state [...]
Despite evidence that the United States government--particularly the Bush administration--has fabricated or exaggerated information detailing Iran's nuclear weapons programs, the Bush administration has continued to advocate an aggressive policy towards Iran. In recent days, the Bush administration has compared Democrats who promote diplomacy to politicians who advocated [...]
The following articles of interest were published elsewhere on the web today:
The proposal asks that delegates be divided 69 for Hillary Clinton and 59 for Barack Obama.
Anxious to seat its delegates after breaking party rules, the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has formally petitioned the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to lift the death penalty it levied on the state for holding its [...]