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		<title>Benefits for state residents land Michigan in top ten</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SARA QAMAR Capital News Service LANSING &#8212; State residents receive $8,250 on average per person from government benefits, putting Michigan among the top 10 states, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau.             The number includes a variety of local, state and federal benefits, including Medicare, Medicaid, social security, unemployment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2550&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resurgence of native fish welcomed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SARA QAMAR Capital News Service LANSING &#8212; Thought to have been a lost genetic strain of native fish, the reef cisco has reappeared in Lake Michigan in increasing numbers after 20 to 30 years out of biologists’ view.             The reef cisco was first seen again by chance in 2004 when 10 adult spawners [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2548&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tree cities blooming across the state</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SARA QAMAR Capital News Service LANSING – More than 100 Michigan communities have been honored under the Tree City USA program that promotes the economic, health and aesthetic benefits of trees on public property.             Some benefits of trees, such as energy conservation and savings on heating and cooling costs, are important economic factors, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2546&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU claims State Police should release documents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SARA QAMAR Capital News Service LANSING – More than 70 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by the American Civil Liberties Union for State Police documents related to cell phone privacy were denied over the course of three years, the ACLU says. To receive copies of the documents, ACLU said the State Police wanted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2542&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bats or squirrels in the attic? These folks know what to do</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By PAIGE LaBARGE Capital News Service LANSING &#8212; The Michigan Animal Damage Control Association is looking to expand its mission to be a political and educational organization that will support regulations and connect with other groups on the state and national level. Association members deal with nuisance wildlife and are now educationally reaching out to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2539&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green campuses get spot in national honor roll</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By YANAN CHEN Capital News Service LANSING— Several Michigan colleges and universities have made a national list of 311 green campuses. The list includes Grand Valley State University, Western Michigan University, Aquinas College, University of Michigan and Kalamazoo College. And according to the guide, when students chose colleges or universities, they look not only into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2537&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senator would offer aid only after a year in state</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KATHLEEN LOFTUS Capital News Service LANSING – A new proposal would require public benefits applicants to prove they’ve lived in the state for at least a year before receiving assistance. Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton, said the legislation would apply to medical assistance and Family Independence Program (FIP), or cash assistance, benefits. Rebecca DeVooght, Shuitmaker’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2535&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green tax exemption proposed for homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MATT WALTERS Capital News Service LANSING – New legislation may encourage the use of small-scale clean-energy devices, such as solar panels and small wind turbines, by exempting them from property taxes. The goal is to make such devices more affordable, said Fred Schaible, legislative director for Sen. Dave Hildenbrand, R-Grand Rapids, one of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2531&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interest grows in native wildflowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KATHLEEN LOFTUS Capital News Service LANSING – Many people are looking to wildflowers and native plants for environmental and economic reasons. Jean Weirich, treasurer of the Wildflower Association of Michigan, said education about wildflower planting and seeding has recently become popular. She said insects are more attracted to native plants for nutrients they need. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2529&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Got time, skills? Open time bank account</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[y LAUREN WALKER Capital News Service LANSING — Technological advances combined with the current dreary economic climate have created an environment for a new kind of bank. These banks never see money. Instead they rely on a medium of exchange called “time dollars.” A time bank is a community exchange system where members provide services [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capitalnewsservice.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8949951&#038;post=2527&#038;subd=capitalnewsservice&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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