Michigan Commission for the Blind to Present Annual Awards at Board...
December 3, 2008 -The Michigan Commission for the Blind will present its annual Honor Roll Awards at the MCB Commission Board meeting on Friday, December 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Lincoln Room of the Kellogg ...

Editorial: Big 3 offer painful but realistic path to revival
The Detroit Three automakers revealed what the future of the domestic auto industry will look like in the business plans they submitted Tuesday to Congress.

Granholm, Epolito announce new centers of Energy Excellence
1 The program, proposed by the governor in her State of the State address in January and signed into law this summer, is designed to bring companies, academic institutions and the state together to support ...

Moratorium Now! Coalition To Hold Statewide Conference on Dec. 6 in Detroit
For Immediate Release Media Advisory Event: Moratorium Now! Coalition To Hold Statewide Conference On Winning a Freeze on Foreclosures and Evictions Location: Central United Methodist Church, Second Floor ...

Little change in unemployment rates
Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates recorded only minor changes over the month in most of Michigan's 17 major labor market areas, according to the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth.A In ...

October Unemployment Rates Little Changed in Majority of Michigan's...
October Unemployment Rates Little Changed in Majority of Michigan's Regional Labor Markets Rates Up significantly Over the Year in All Areas Contact: Mario L. Morrow 373-9280 Agency: Labor & Economic Growth ...

MSU professor named innovator of the year
EAST LANSING - A Michigan State University professor-turned-medical device entrepreneur was named innovator of the year on Nov.

Talk about it
President-elect Barack Obama is at work on an economic stimulus plan. What do you think should be included? Seatbelts.

Cashing out
Michigan's unemployment rate rose from 8.7 percent in September to 9.3 percent in October.

Suspect in beating of WWII vet arrested
Mike Malott, Jim Totten and Lisa Roose-Church * Special to the Lansing State Journal * November 26, 2008 * From LSJ.com A suspect in the Oct.

Suspect in vet's beating caught
A suspect in the Oct. 29 beating of a World War II veteran from Genoa Township was apprehended Tuesday afternoon in Nebraska, according to Livingston County Prosecutor David Morse.

Granholm, Epolito Announce New Centers of Energy Excellence
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Michigan Economic Development Corporation President and CEO James C. Epolito today announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of three alternative energy partnerships in Ann ...

$20.6 Million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits Will Create Jobs,...
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that over 2,100 units of affordable rental housing will be built or renovated for low to moderate-income Michigan families, the elderly, people with disabilities ...

Campaign expert predicts candidates
A state campaign expert visiting the area Monday, Nov. 24, predicted U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, and Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, a Hope College graduate, will be frontrunners for ...

New leaders must improve infrastructure, tax rate
Today the Free Press begins a new feature, Ask the Economists, in which readers and Free Press staff will pose timely questions to a rotating roster of economic experts.

Commentary: JoePa could play some QB, too
The first time I saw him was on the College Green. He had jet-black hair, and he wore a beat-up U.S. Army jacket and GI trousers.

Michigan's governor hopes auto execs fly commercial on next trip to Washington
Confident that automakers will get federal relief, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday the battered Detroit Three must better explain their plans to Congress, including why the companies are critical to energy ...

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