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- In this installment of "What's doing in Western Michigan," Dr. Willis Dunbar reports on a variety of news stories from around the region. Stories include Michigan towns who are struggling to find solutions for funding new schools. In Vicksburg, citizens have created a new citizen's committee to explore options after the defeat of a bonding proposal and in Union City, town leaders are considering changes to the voting rules after a school millage proposal failed for the third time. Ed Lascoe also does a brief round up of short and amusing stories from community newspapers.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-10-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress. Trump says that he has inherited a "mess" from the Obama administration and promises that his administration will put Americans first, drive a renewal of industry in America, revitalize the inner cities, lower corporate taxes, destroy ISIS, drastically reduce federal regulations, deport criminal immigrants, build a wall along the Mexican border, break up drug cartels and improve treatment for drug addicts, renegotiate trade agreements, ask Congress for a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure, and reform health care. Trump acknowledges that he has big dreams for America and asks Congress and the American people to join him in securing his vision for the country.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama says it would be inexcusable for Congress to refuse to pass the surface transportation and FAA extensions which will keep Americans working. Obama reminds listeners that renewing these pieces of legislation was once routine saying, "the transportation bill has been renewed seven times in the past two years." He says extensions are supported by groups as diverse as the Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-08-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush speaks at the Pentagon. Bush says that the Iraq war is going well and that the U.S. military has attacked hostile forces in Afghanistan. Bush is asking Congress for 74.4 billion dollars for the war in Iraq and for anti-terrorism efforts. The President says that he supports the distribution of additional resources to states and municipalities to pay for their security upgrades.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Louis Garcia discusses his career as an assembly worker, press operator, and manager at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1946 and 1975. Garcia talks about his Hispanic heritage and his childhood spent as a migrant farm worker. He says that in his early years at REO he was singled out and "tested" by other workers and management because of his ethnicity, but still excelled in the workplace, becoming a journeyman and later a supervisor. Garcia also talks about Francis Cappaert’s ownership of REO, the company bankruptcy, loss of the worker pension fund, the final days of plant operations, and employee depression and suicide. Interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama visits Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL and explains why the country needs the Buffett Rule. The rule, named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, calls for people with incomes over $1 million to pay at least a 30 percent tax rate. Obama calls for investing in the things that add value like education and infrastructure. He challenges the operating philosophy of the Republicans who call for spending cuts and more tax cuts as a way of balancing the Federal budget.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama signs the Gabriella Miller "Kids First" Research Act. Obama reflects on the life of Gabriella Miller, after whom the bill is named. and commemorates death at the age of ten from brain cancer. He comments on her family's struggle. The legislation funds additional research into pediatric cancer, autism, and other diseases.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama holds a town meeting in Costa Mesa, California, where he discusses the economy and budgeting plans for 2010. In the budget, Obama calls for investments in environmental pursuits, which will create jobs and combat climate change. President Obama takes questions from the audience referring to the allocation of the stimulus package to states, aid to small and responsible banks, plans for immigration policy, investments to education, and consumer protection around credit cards.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Director of Libraries Richard E. Chapin delivers his final address to library staff as he prepares for retirement. Chapin reviews the history and growth of the MSU Libraries and comments on funding, collections, space planning and the needs of library users. He predicts that the library of the future, driven by technology, will need to position itself to serve a constituency which will expect to use collections and services remotely, outside of the typical library building. Chapin also shares several personal anecdotes from his thirty-one years as director and praises library staff for their hard work and commitment to MSU. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "The lawmakers" Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews state Senators Perry Greene and John Martin, both of Grand Rapids. The two senators discuss their success in helping to increase workman's disability benefits and old age assistance while lamenting the legislature's failure to create an adequate highway program. They also discuss pending legislation to fund Michigan State College and the University of Michigan, and a law which was recently passed to reform the grand jury system in Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection