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The world will probably little note nor long remember a meeting a legislative committee held in Lansing yesterday. But it should.The subject was education…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-980560.mp3Well, the great battle over the federal debt limit is over, at least…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-980153.mp3You may not know this, but today is Election Day in many places in…

For some time, I have been baffled by Governor Rick Snyder’s difficulty - make that, inability - to get the legislature to okay construction of a new…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-979811.mp3These are tough times for teachers.Actually, this is an even tougher…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-979373.mp3There are many fewer state employees now than there were thirty…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-979169.mp3Most of us understand that the auto industry isn’t what it used to…

Over the past year, you’ve probably heard of the controversy in Arizona, where the legislature last year passed a tough law designed to identify,…

I had dinner the other night with perhaps the most amazing man in Michigan, a man who has been hard at work creating the future for more than half a…

Teachers in our country rarely get the respect they deserve -- a uniquely American pathology. But this year they’ve endured not just indifference, but…