Topic: Michigan
US President Barack Obama takes his fight against high unemployment on the road Thursday, highlighting a Michigan firm that makes batteries for hybrid vehicles to tout his green energy jobs plan.Obama will also attend two lucrative fundraisers in New York as he ...
Republicans poised to take over House committee; Senate has 2 panel chairmanship openingsThe Republican takeover of the House means a complete turnover in committee chairmen, with the new, and sometimes returning, GOP chairmen coming in armed with the promise from their leaders ...
This is just one of many union organizing tactics that we are seeing now. They are licensed by the State of Michigan to do business out of their homes. Despite this, the State of Michigan began deducting union dues from their payments. ...
This is the glorious view outside my front door, looking out over the Grand River when it?s snowing.Not everyone, unfortunately, even in Michigan -- knows a snow job when they see one though. Let?s see how this admin has done with other ...
A big thank you to all of you who posted well wishes and encouraging words on my blog or profile page. My Mom did not have her surgery on Monday due to the fact that when I took her up for her ...
Rehabilitating New York's Staten Island Ferry Terminal. In a report being released Friday by Vice President Joe Biden, the White House pushes back against criticism of its $814 billion stimulus program and highlights 100 projects that it says are creating jobs and ...
Hybrid, electric car battery program funded by federal stimulus beginning to bear fruitThe first wave of mass-produced advanced batteries funded by the Obama administration's economic recovery program is starting to roll off assembly lines, setting the stage for new hybrid and electric ...
The article discusses how economic stimulus funds should be used to aid the Detroit Public Schools district in Detroit, Michigan. Mike Flanagan, Michigan's state su- perintendent of public instruction, de- clared in December that the district was in a state of financial ...
The article reports on the federal aid given by the government to states in the U.S. under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) signed by President Barack Obama. California will get $302 million followed by Michigan that will receive about $110 ...
Michigan governor pitches expanding state sales tax to services while cutting business taxes Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday unveiled a budget proposal that included extending the tax to services while eliminating a business tax surcharge over the next two years."We are ...