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K-zoo Taxpayers May Ante Up for New Sports Arena — In the midst of the Silverdome debacle, Kalamazoo is considering creating a hotel and restaurant tax to finance a new stadium at a cost of $81.2 million.

Mackinac Videos: What Canadians Want You To Know About Their Health Care System — As America moves closer to a government-controlled health care system, anxious Canadians want to set the record straight about life under their country's "universal" system.

Sunshine on My Shoulders — More schools are embracing transparency by posting their checkbook registers online.