Mackinac Island Crime

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Detroit mayor says he'll sign $1.1B budget

17 hrs ago | via ClickOnDetroit

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says he'll sign a budget approved by City Council that makes $250 million in cuts.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Mackinac Island, MI
Editorial: Unfinished business in Lansing

Yesterday | via Detroit News

Michigan's leaders needed to face the fact that the public bank account was overdrawn.

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Related Topix: Rick Snyder, US Governors, Opinion
Business leaders seek greater preschool access

Wednesday | via The Papillion Times

City Administrator Dan Berlowitz accepted John Stacey's resignation Wednesday as both police chief and as a volunteer for the Bellevue Fire Department.

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Related Topix: Mackinac Island, MI
Ann Arbor Fire Department's struggle to meet respons...

Tuesday | via Ann Arbor.com

Michigan's powerful are meeting on Mackinac Island this week. The annual watering hole gathering of Michigan's top civic, business, labor, education, government, political and foundation elite began Tuesday and runs through Thursday.

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Related Topix: Mackinac Island, MI, Fire, Ann Arbor, MI, Opinion
Commentary: Mackinac Conference

Tuesday May 29 | via Michigan Radio

If you were going to stage a revolution and wanted to arrest the entireA political and business leadership of our state, you might want to start by seizing Mackinac Island this week.

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Related Topix: Mackinac Island, MI, Michigan, Oakland County, MI
Commentary: Mackinac Conference

Tuesday May 29 | via Michigan Radio

If you were going to stage a revolution and wanted to arrest the entireA political and business leadership of our state, you might want to start by seizing Mackinac Island this week.

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Related Topix: Mackinac Island, MI, Michigan, Oakland County, MI
Daniel Howes: Business is upbeat about Detroit

Monday May 28 | via Detroit News

Not since the upbeat days of the Archer administration have so many Metro Detroit business and civic leaders shared so much optimism as they again converge on Mackinac Island for their annual confab, starting today.

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Related Topix: Mackinac Island, MI, Rick Snyder, US Governors, Opinion

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