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Bankruptcy gives Detroit 'brighter future'
Leaders across Michigan have shared their reactions to the ruling Tuesday that Detroit is eligible to fix its troubled finances in bankruptcy court.
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$40M downtown project awaits reimbursement
The developer of a massive construction project worth up to $40 million will go before the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority on Thursday to have its development and reimbursement agreement approved.
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EPA to Enbridge: No extension on Kalamazoo River work
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied Enbridge Inc.'s request for a 10-month extension of its deadline for dredging sections of the Kalamazoo River, polluted by an 800,000-gallon-plus oil pipeline leak in 2010.
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Should health care be limited to the insured?
Opponents of Obamacare have been justly criticized for not having an alternative plan in case Obamacare is repealed. An answer is easily at hand. There could be a real alternative solution to our health coverage and cost problems.
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City sells more small, vacant properties
One commissioner questions why the asking price is so low.
For at least the third time this year, the city of Grand Rapids has sold vacant city-owned parcels to buyers located close to those sites.
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John Ball Zoo may soon get new management
Lease and operating contract is scheduled to make the rounds this week.
After operating and maintaining the John Ball Zoo and Park on the northwest side of Grand Rapids for the past 26 years, Kent County recently came close to transferring those duties to the new John Ball Zoo Corp.
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Energy Choice Now disputes latest state reports
Business group that includes Herman Miller fights to buy electricity on open market.
Energy Choice Now, a group formed in 2010 to fight for restoration of the right to buy electricity on the grid from other than state-specified utilities, is attacking a series of reports jointly issued in November by the director of the Michigan Energy Office and chairman of the Michigan Public Service Commission.
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County employees receive salary increase
Commissioners OK land purchase for county park and allocate senior millage receipts.
When the New Year arrives, 291 clerical, professional and management employees at Kent County will get a 2 percent pay hike. On the same day, they will begin contributing more to their pensions.
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Solicitor general eyes Warner return
He argued eight cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
John Bursch said he will not miss the daily commute to Lansing when he leaves his post as Michigan’s solicitor general and returns to private practice in December.
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Grand Rapids reviews water and sewer rates
Grand Rapids city commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday on the water and sewer rates for next year, and board members are expected to adopt the new rates Dec. 17.
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