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Speech therapists spent about 25 years trying to get the State of Michigan to certify and license their profession, as 48 other states do. A law was finally passed in 2009, with all requirements to take effect next year.
Traveling through China some years ago, I was surprised to see acupuncturists offering their services in hotel lobbies alongside the shoeshine stands, snack racks and gift shops. Some members of our group availed themselves, with no ill effects and, they said, some relief for aching backs or sore shoulders.
There’s a commercial where a guy holds up a fast-food line by paying cash as everyone else is swiping cards through an electronic reader. These days, even taking the time to sign a credit card slip can slow down the relentless march of retail.
"So," he says, the planned yard work washed out by weather, "you want me to go grocery shopping with you?" She rolls her eyes, not having budgeted for this. But knowing he will carry the bags and return the bottles, she says, "Sure."
The White House made a pretty big deal last month about a new "memorandum of understanding" among Michigan, five other Great Lakes states and 10 federal agencies that's supposed to cut red tape and speed up the development of wind energy in this region.
A big part of Michael Finney's job is selling Michigan. And like any good salesman, he's not going to dwell on what's wrong with his product.
Seven thousand miles from the blues and greens of this early spring in the state of Michigan, a group of our neighbors are at war in the brown and gray landscape of the province of Kandahar.
Not so long ago, when America's biggest worry was a nuclear attack coming from Russia, Michigan was on the front lines of national defense. The Pentagon kept bombers near Alpena, Marquette and the Soo and fighters and other planes at Selfridge Air National Guard Base outside Mt. Clemens. Much of the Upper Peninsula was wired with a huge antenna used to contact atomic-powered submarines....
Left to their own devices, drivers who drink can cause terrible pain and destruction -- to themselves and anyone in their way. But the use of an ignition-interlock device -- a breath tester that won't let a car start if alcohol is detected -- by some two-time offenders appears to be working after one year.
Twenty-two more casinos would surely change the landscape of Michigan. We may even need a new motto.
For the next few months, state legislators will wrestle with Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed state budget and devote endless hours to determining the appropriate and affordable level of spending for education. That's well and good; schools and young people matter a great deal to Michigan's future.
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