Latest Blog Posts for Michigan As I See It

• Metro Detroit helps teams go to championships, The best junior football team in the country, Detroit’s Westside Cubs Football team SEE VIDEO
  on Dec 13, 2012
  Just four days after being crowned the number one, the best junior football team in the country, members of Detroit’s Westside Cubs Football team, celebrated their win by chanting their team motto: “God, books and ball. That means God first, scho...
• Union bastion Michigan joins right-to-work states SEE VIDEO
  on Dec 12, 2012
  Michigan's Republican governor has signed bitterly contested "right-to-work" legislation limiting the power of unions. Gov. Rick Snyder’s signature Tuesday made Michigan the nation’s 24th right-to-work state on a day both sides of the politi...
• Police prepare for right-to-work vote at Michigan Capitol SEE VIDEO
  on Dec 11, 2012
  Bus loads of people are preparing to head to the Capitol to protest a lame duck session vote on right-to-work. It's at the root of Democrats versus Republicans, labor verses management. Streets around the Capitol will be closed off and some people...
• Safety net for jobless is set to unravel Without federal deal, 87,000 in state lose benefits Dec. 29
  on Dec 11, 2012
  Laid off last week, Kevin Wittbrodt volunteers with Toys for Tots at Eastern Market in Detroit. / JARRAD HENDERSON/DETROIT FREE PRESS After years of extensions through the national recession and a slow recovery, the federal program paying for emerge...
• Detroit councilwoman to Obama: We voted for you, now bail us out, ( Unbelievable Really!! SEE VIDEO )
  on Dec 6, 2012
  Fox 2 News Headlines The city of Detroit faces a major financial crisis and one member of city council thinks President Barack Obama should step in and help.City Council member JoAnn Watson said Tuesday the citizens support of Obama in last mont...
• A year of death and injury: Inside one biker club, where the helmet debate has real-life meaning
  on Dec 6, 2012
  Jeremy Gradisher, who was in a motorcycle accident on May 1 of this year, is photographed in his home on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Gradisher says his helmet saved his life. "I was very lucky. Even though I broke two bones in my face and one in my n...
• Wege Foundation awards $2.5 million for Great Lakes protection work
  on Dec 3, 2012
  The Grand Rapids-based Wege Foundation will donate $2.5 million to further the work of a coalition aimed at protecting and preserving the Great Lakes.The Associated Press reported Sunday, Dec. 2, that the foundation would funnel the cash to Healing O...
• Elderly couple terrorized by gunman inside their home on Detroit's west side
  on Nov 29, 2012
  Mary Johnson-Lawrence, 87, and her husband Charles never imagined the terror they faced Wednesday night. "I didn't think we'd be here today," says Charles Lawrence. His wife Mary says, "I didn't either." A masked gunman stormed his way into their...
• Mayor Bing says in a national interview he has the second most difficult job in the country,, see video
  on Nov 29, 2012
  Mayor Dave Bing makes bold statements to CNN today including that he has the second most difficult job in the country behind the president.  The three minute interview popped up on the Internet a few hours ago.  The mayor sat down and talk...
• Michigan ski resorts: Let it snow
  on Nov 28, 2012
  Michigan's ski and snowboard resorts are preparing for what they hope will be a white winter this year. The state's 37 resorts have all made improvements to their snow-making operations after a dismal season last year when high temperatures and...

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