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    <title>News and information from the Michigan House Republicans</title>
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      <title>House panel approves Green legislation to help prevent stillbirths
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=6471&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green announced that his legislation to help expectant mothers become better educated about the dangers of stillbirth and about how they may prevent it has passed a key House panel on its way to becoming state law. </description><datePosted>5/13/2010 1:54:39 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>House approves stillbirth awareness resolution
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5773&amp;District=77</link><description>The House of Representatives today approved a resolution encouraging Congress to increase the awareness and research of stillbirths across America. </description><datePosted>6/25/2009 1:04:59 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green named to key appropriations committee
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5394&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green today announced he will serve on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. The committee is charged with creating the state's budget and approving spending. </description><datePosted>2/10/2009 4:20:56 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green: More transparency needed in government spending
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5392&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green today called on the state to implement new government accountability and transparency reforms, including a searchable online database with total disclosure of state spending. </description><datePosted>2/5/2009 4:17:13 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green announces assistant whips
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5391&amp;District=77</link><description>House Republican Whip Kevin Green this week announced seven of his colleagues will join him as assistant whips for the Republican caucus.
 </description><datePosted>2/4/2009 4:16:26 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>ITT Tech pre-grand opening draws local legislators

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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5319&amp;District=77</link><description>Amid reports that Michigan’s unemployment has reached a 25-year high, there is one bright spot for West Michigan as a new ITT Technical Institute campus has opened in Wyoming, state Rep. Kevin Green announced today. </description><datePosted>1/28/2009 2:23:43 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Steil, Green announce home heating assistance programs

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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5113&amp;District=77</link><description>It’s hard to think about heating your home with Michigan temperatures still in the 80s and reaching into the 90s. </description><datePosted>9/4/2008 4:06:33 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green opposes flawed corrections millage, wants to see changes before lending support

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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5087&amp;District=77</link><description>An Aug. 5 Kent County corrections and detention millage renewal faces an uphill battle as six area mayors and now a state representative have announced their opposition. </description><datePosted>7/25/2008 10:56:59 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Volunteers to write tickets for expanded list of minor parking infractions

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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5067&amp;District=77</link><description>Retired Senior Volunteer Patrols have been granted permission to write tickets for an expanded set of minor parking infractions under legislation introduced by state Rep. Kevin Green and signed into law by Gov. Granholm. </description><datePosted>7/9/2008 5:23:53 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green fights for increased revenue sharing for West Michigan
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5055&amp;District=77</link><description>With the state budget nearly completed, state Rep. Kevin Green today announced he will continue fighting for a fairer revenue sharing formula after a very small statewide increase. </description><datePosted>6/27/2008 5:02:06 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Economy continues to struggle as unemployment rate skyrockets
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5018&amp;District=77</link><description>Michigan's unemployment rate has reached the highest number in 16 years and is cause for serious concern about the future of the state's economy, state Rep. Kevin Green said today. </description><datePosted>6/23/2008 10:04:49 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Governor agrees with House Republicans: Airport funding bill must be moved now

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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4987&amp;District=77</link><description>Gov. Jennifer Granholm today stands behind House Republicans in their call for the House to immediately appropriate more than $163 million of federal funding for local airport improvement projects, including more than $9 million for Gerald R. Ford International. </description><datePosted>6/3/2008 10:12:38 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>House bans partial-birth abortion
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=5025&amp;District=77</link><description>Partial-birth abortions in Michigan were banned Tuesday night under legislation approved by the Michigan House.  </description><datePosted>5/28/2008 10:29:14 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Delay in Lansing subsidizing Gerald R. Ford airport funding
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4880&amp;District=77</link><description>West Michigan could lose $9 million in federal funding for improvements to Gerald R. Ford International Airport if lawmakers in Lansing fail to act immediately, area House Republicans warned today. </description><datePosted>5/2/2008 3:47:18 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green fights for increased West Michigan revenue sharing
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4814&amp;District=77</link><description>House Democrats on Thursday defeated a budget amendment offered by state Rep. Kevin Green that required a more fair distribution of revenue sharing funds to benefit West Michigan. </description><datePosted>3/21/2008 1:03:56 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green: Show taxpayers the money
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4811&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green called on state government on Wednesday to allow Michigan residents to have these and other questions regarding spending answered through new government accountability and transparency reforms. </description><datePosted>3/20/2008 1:12:16 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green announces town hall meetings
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4789&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green today announced two town hall meetings where he hopes to hear any questions and concerns of Wyoming and Byron Township residents.  </description><datePosted>3/11/2008 1:54:39 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green announces 28th Street improvements 
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4779&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green today announced a $3 million road improvement project for 28th street in the heart of Wyoming. </description><datePosted>3/6/2008 1:13:09 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green reminds homeowners of their right to appeal property tax assessments
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4773&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green is reminding Byron Township and Wyoming residents that they have the opportunity to appeal their property tax assessments next week at local municipal board of review hearings. </description><datePosted>3/5/2008 9:41:35 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green provides free tax guides
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4708&amp;District=77</link><description> Citizens will now be able to get free tax guides from state Rep. Kevin Green's online office, as well as his office in Lansing. </description><datePosted>2/14/2008 10:36:04 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green promotes free student aid assistance event
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4667&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green today announced several seminars in the West Michigan region for local parents and students can learn about financial aid and scholarship opportunities for college. </description><datePosted>2/5/2008 2:06:52 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green responds to Granholm's State of the State address
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4650&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green, R- Wyoming, released the following statement regarding Gov. Granholm's State of the State speech Tuesday night: . </description><datePosted>1/29/2008 9:28:48 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Local students are ‘Representatives for a Day’
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4522&amp;District=77</link><description>Several students from Wyoming were honored at the Capitol last week as winners of the “Representative for a Day” summer reading contest sponsored by state Rep. Kevin Green. </description><datePosted>10/23/2007 1:21:03 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green, Steil: Stay open for business
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4477&amp;District=77</link><description>West Michigan GOP members today announced an online citizen-led petition drive to stop the governor from shutting down state government. </description><datePosted>9/27/2007 11:59:38 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green offers kids chance to be ‘Representative for a Day’
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4326&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green today announced he is teaming up with the Wyoming and Byron Township libraries to promote literacy and reading among area youth through the ‘Representative for a Day’ summer reading contest. </description><datePosted>6/15/2007 10:50:48 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green: Budget deal reached
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4285&amp;District=77</link><description>Lawmaker votes to preserve public safety and school funding </description><datePosted>5/29/2007 12:18:41 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Local educators “Close the Gap” at Capitol
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4267&amp;District=77</link><description>Green welcomes Vanguard Charter Academy to Lansing </description><datePosted>5/24/2007 1:17:09 PM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Local educators “Close the Gap” at Capitol
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4283&amp;District=77</link><description>Green welcomes Vanguard Charter Academy to Lansing </description><datePosted>5/24/2007 11:57:26 AM</datePosted></item>
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      <title>Green supports legislation to force House to begin SBT replacement discussion
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4206&amp;District=77</link><description>State Rep. Kevin Green today announced he supports an initiative encouraging legislators to begin important discussions to replace the Single Business Tax. </description><datePosted>4/2/2007</datePosted></item>
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      <title>State Rep. Kevin Green, R-Wyoming, tonight issued the following statement after Governor Jennifer Granholm's State of the State address
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      <link>http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?ID=4054&amp;District=77</link><description>&quot;It is assuring that the governor is taking the challenges Michigan faces seriously.  I can support some of what she proposes, and there is some I cannot support.  I hope that she will work with our caucus to implement the changes our state needs to pursue.&quot; </description><datePosted>2/6/2007</datePosted></item></channel></rss>