Rio Tinto, the global mining company whose subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals has sought to develop a nickel sulfide mine near Marquette, has withdrawn a request to prospect for minerals on public forest land in the western Upper Peninsula, the Lake Superior Mining News reports.
On Nov. 6 Rio Tinto [...]
As shocking as it may seem, Motown may be in for a big win this year: Dewey From Detroit has been nominated for the 2009 Weblog Awards!!!
Dewey From Detroit has been nominated in the following categories:
Best Blog Best New [...]I just want to give a huge thank you to Wendy Day for coming to the event! [...]
Just raw media from what I have so far from various sources. You can do your own analysis and post and I’ll do mine at some point – probably later today.
Interview (from Wendy Day)
My own voice recording of the speech.
Granholm Speaking about the Michigan Promise
Video recording of [...]
Very bad news. Very bad news indeed.
The decade-old battle to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes might be over.
New research shows the fish likely have made it past the $9 million electric fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a source familiar with the situation [...]
The Detroit Free Press reports that there is evidence that the invasive Asian carp may have already breached an electrical barrier set up in a shipping canal in Chicago in order to keep the incredibly aggressive species from reaching the Great Lakes, where they would likely destroy the ecosystem [...]
A new report from the University of Michigan’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics concludes that while we may be nearing the end of the worst decline, job growth in Michigan will continue to be virtually non-existent until 2011 — and it won’t exactly be going like gangbusters after that. The [...]
Dave Camp doesn't usually unleash Teh Crazy. In fact, he's mastered the art of dodging difficult questions and issues so softly that you don't know that the subject has been changed without him actually saying anything worthwhile. It's a skill I think he probably learned from Bill Schuette.
Anyway, that all [...]
Someone at the gym sent me one of the parody videos for the Shake Weight. No links here, as they’re about as difficult to find as Vi@gra spam, and I don’t want to be responsible for offending any of you. But it raises the question of what, exactly, the [...]
Someone the other day was wondering if physical geography was maybe playing a part in whether Pam Byrnes plans to run for a Washtenaw County state Senate seat. Today comes news from a state senate district where geography is definitely a consideration for one of the candidates.
In a WKZO exclusive, [...]
I have received special Permission from the author of a survival guide available from the Secret Information site to reprint excerpts for the Michigan Survival Guide. These include ways which Michiganders can help themselves, their families and their friends realize a more comfortable' [...]
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10 years ago today, The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, at a meeting of the RWDSU Executive Board on November 20, 1999, voted to endorse Debbie Stabenow for the United States Senate from Michigan.
Given the incredible successes of our [...]
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A MEGA Delusion — Gov. Jennifer Granholm repeated a number of false or misleading statements about this state government's policy of picking winners and losers.
Let the Sun Shine In — Almost half of' [...]
Blogging for Michigan quotes a Gongwer report (subscription only) on a new study by the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) that concludes that Michigan is among the states with the most regressive tax structures, resulting in the poor and the middle class paying a much higher [...]
FERNDALE– Charles Pugh, the recently elected Detroit City Council President, says he won’t back cuts to police or fire programs, public transportation or cuts to the city’s health department programs dealing with HIV/AIDS.
“Everything else is on the table,” Pugh said.
He said moves to cut services from public safety [...]
There are a number of really great things happening around town tomorrow, Friday, November 20.
By Matt Corley
During a debate on the House floor today over designating 21 miles of the Molalla River as “wild and scenic,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-old right wing battle ax), who opposes the legislation, tried to claim a progressive environmental record for her party. [...]
By Amanda Terkel
The newest far-right craze is an anti-Obama slogan that is making its way onto t-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, and even teddy bears: “Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8,” which reads, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” The meme [...] A recount may have to happen with the paper ballots, because of a computer virus…
“There is a real question on the integrity of the election,” said Wilson. “Litigation to overturn the results and force a new vote or a full paper recount is a [...]
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