Snyder: Incentives Could Create Almost 5K New Mich. Jobs
Gov. Rick Snyder has announced the approval of state incentives to support 14 business expansions that could generate about 4,590 new jobs in Michigan.
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Gov. Rick Snyder has announced the approval of state incentives to support 14 business expansions that could generate about 4,590 new jobs in Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Community Health on Wednesday asked residents to agree to lose 10 percent of their body weight in an effort to bring down the state's obesity rate.
Government figures released Wednesday showed union membership declined from 11.8 percent to 11.3 percent of the workforce.
The Republican-led Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee plans to consider three gun-related bills introduced in the first week of the state's legislative session.
Critics of Gov. Snyder's call for more money to fix Michigan's ailing roads and bridges are pointing to the state's highway weight limit as the problem.
President Obama giving a quick shout-out to Detroit during his inaugural address, while making a reference curbing gun violence.
Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco read his poem "One Today" at the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden Monday morning.
On the cusp of his second term, President Barack Obama solemnly honored the nation's fallen soldiers Sunday before taking the oath of office in an intimate White House ceremony, a swearing-in ritual he will repeat Monday morning.
The first day attendance of over 100,000 inside Detroit's Cobo Center beats the opening day numbers from last year by almost 12 percent.
City and State officials say they are close to an agreement to have Belle Isle operated as a Michigan state park.
"We're going to lobby every time we feel it's necessary," said Mike Green, president of United Auto Workers Local 652. "
Many supporters brandishing signs that say gun bans are ineffective and illegal and only punish law-abiding citizens.
The youngest ever Chairman of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners is ambitious about making changes in the county.
Gov. Rick Snyder has established a state office that will help Michigan's military veterans get the federal benefits they've earned.
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick now says he and his wife have decided not to send their three boys to one of the best private schools in the country.