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May 20, 2006
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Local Employers Anxiously Await New Worker Policy
Rules for Foreign Staff To Expire This Fall
By Ryan Schlehuber
     Seasonal employers in the Eastern Upper Peninsula are closely watching the developing story of the federal government's attempt to pass a new immigration reform bill, as it may directly impact a policy that allows national foreign workers, under a six-month work visa program, to return each summer.
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Trends Predict Tourist Season
Island Business Owners Count on Summer Trade
By Bernie Nguyen
     Season predictions come from every corner, and Mackinac's hotel and business owners, who depend on the summer for their livelihoods, have their own way of gauging how strong it will be and of setting strategies to keep business brisk.
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House Puts $200,000 Back in MSHP Funds
By Karen Gould
     The State Budget Office proposal for fiscal year 2007 leaves Mackinac State Historic Parks $200,000 shy of last year's appropriation of $1.5 million. Appropriation subcommittees in both the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives have restored the funds, but approval by the full Senate and Hous
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New Idea for Mapleview: Family Apts.
By Ryan Schlehuber
     If not a hotel, then how about a building of family dwelling units?
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Free Employee Dinner Moves to Thursdays
By Leslie Rott
     Mackinac Island summer workers are invited on Thursday evenings to enjoy a free dinner at Ste. Anne's Church this summer.
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