International Business News - Michigan http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Dragged down by the domestic auto industry's woes and a weak housing market, the state economy will remain "stuck in reverse" through 2010, University of Michigan economists said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/economists-michigan-economy-stuck-in-reverse.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:57:16 EST Mitt Romney scolded fellow Republican presidential candidate John McCain early this year for telling Michigan workers that lost auto jobs weren't coming back. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/romney-favors-managed-bankruptcy-for-autos.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:37:32 EST A quarter-century ago, Michigan's monthly unemployment rate hit 17 percent and so many laid-off workers left the state that bumper stickers asked, "Will the last one leaving Michigan please turn out the lights?" http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178601-auto-bailout.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/mich-worries-automaker-meltdown-could-doom-state.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/mich-worries-automaker-meltdown-could-doom-state.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:12:58 EST Michigan's October unemployment rate surged to 9.3 percent, its highest rate since July 1992. The national unemployment rate last month also rose, to 6.5 percent. The state has been hurt by the weakening of the national economy, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth said Wednesday. Its work force has fallen by 74,000 people, or 1.5 percent, since October 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/michigan-oct-unemployment-rate-surges-to-9-3-pct.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:29:20 EST A quarter-century ago, Michigan's monthly unemployment rate hit 17 percent and so many laid-off workers headed to Texas that bumper stickers asked, "Will the last one leaving Michigan please turn out the lights?" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/mich-worries-automaker-meltdown-could-doom-state.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:21:56 EST Mayors from four Detroit-area cities are seeking federal redevelopment funds to counter drops in property tax revenue if auto plants close. The leaders from Sterling Heights, Warren, Dearborn and Livonia met Monday to draft a proposal that will be given to Gov. Jennifer Granholm's office and Michigan's congressional delegation, among others. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/4-mich-cities-seek-us-help-if-auto-plants-close.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:43:58 EST Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says President-elect Barack Obama wants to help the beleagured auto industry, but it's up to the Bush administration to take steps now. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/170290-aptopix-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/mich-governor-wants-to-see-action-on-automakers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/mich-governor-wants-to-see-action-on-automakers.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:10:20 EST THE POLL: Detroit Free Press/WDIV-TV poll, the presidential race among likely voters in Michigan (17 electoral votes). THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 53 percent, John McCain 37 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/poll-obama-up-by-16-points-in-michigan.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:58:40 EST Michigan must not throw registered voters off the rolls, even if their voter ID cards were returned as undeliverable, an appeals court said Thursday. With the election just days away, the court refused to stop an injunction ordered by a federal judge in Detroit. The case involves 5,500 people who have registered since January 2006, just a fraction of the 7.47 million state voters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/michigan-loses-federal-appeal-over-voter-rolls.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:13:52 EDT Both sides in the debate over a Michigan medical marijuana proposal are sparring over TV ads, with backers showing suffering patients and opponents warning that California-style pot shops could open. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/michigans-medical-pot-law-prompts-airwaves-fight.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:55:12 EDT Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is drafting a plan to deal with job cuts announced Friday by Chrysler LLC and the potential loss of far more if the company is bought by another automaker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/michigan-braces-for-job-cuts-amid-chrysler-talks.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:05:14 EDT THE POLL: EPIC-MRA poll for The Detroit News and TV stations WXYZ, WILX, WOOD and WJRT; national presidential race among likely voters in Michigan (17 electoral votes). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/poll-obama-leads-mccain-in-michigan.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:00:35 EDT Fire killed a woman and three children in a home without electricity or gas service early Wednesday and spread to four other houses, three of them vacant, fire and city officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/157714-highland-park-fires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/woman-3-kids-missing-as-house-burns-in-mich.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/woman-3-kids-missing-as-house-burns-in-mich.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:16:41 EDT Michigan's unemployment rate dropped slightly to 8.7 percent in September, according to a report released Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate was down from 8.9 percent in August. State unemployment remained much higher than the national rate of 6.1 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/mich-jobless-rate-drops-slightly-to-8-7-percent.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:30:54 EDT Michigan voters will be thrust into the crossroads of science, ethics and religion next month when they decide whether to loosen the state's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/mich-voters-to-decide-stem-cell-research-measure.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:52:34 EDT A bus overloaded with members of an Amish church group clipped a semitrailer Thursday, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 14 people to the hospital, including several children, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148287-michigan-bus-crash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/bus-rolls-over-in-mich-children-among-10-hurt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/bus-rolls-over-in-mich-children-among-10-hurt.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:36:58 EDT Three Michigan lawmakers switched their votes Friday to help approve a $700 billion financial bailout designed to avert an economic crisis. Republican Reps. Joe Knollenberg of Oakland County's Bloomfield Township and Pete Hoekstra of Holland and Democratic Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Detroit voted in favor of the bailout after rejecting a similar bill on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/3-mich-lawmakers-switch-vote-to-support-bailout.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:24:00 EDT Michael Phelps returned to the University of Michigan, his home for four years before the Beijing Games. "It feels good to be back," he said Saturday. "It feels good to be back in the maize and blue." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/phelps-returns-to-his-michigan-his-2nd-home.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:53:33 EDT THE POLL: EPIC-MRA poll, presidential race in Michigan among likely voters. (Michigan has 17 electoral votes.) THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 48 percent, John McCain 38 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/polls-2-mich-polls-give-obama-edge-over-mccain.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:27:45 EDT THE POLL: EPIC-MRA poll, presidential race among likely voters in Michigan. THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama, 43 percent, John McCain, 42 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080920/poll-presidential-race-in-michigan-about-even.htm Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:41:45 EDT