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State capital: Lansing Entered Union: Jan. 26, 1837 Population: 10,112,620 (2004 estimate) Area 56,804 sq mi. (147,122 sq km) Governor: Jennifer Granholm (Democrat) U.S. Representatives: 15 State nickname: Wolverine State |
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Michigan News3/11/2010 - Mich. Senate plan would cut university funding 3%<p>A Republican-led Senate subcommittee approved a bill Thursday with the spending reductions for the budget year that begins Oct.</p> Report: DPS Deficit Growing Under Bobb<p>The Detroit News' review of budget documents indicates the district faces a $98 million deficit for the budget year ending June 30, instead of the $17 million surplus Bobb had projected.</p> Police, FBI search landfill forMichigan 2-year-old's body<p>About 20 law enforcement officials searched the South Kent Landfill on Monday for remains of Jozlynn Martinez.</p> Michigan reports rare job growth<p>One of the biggest pieces of good news to come out of the Michigan economy in five years surfaced Tuesday, when the state announced that the number of people with jobs in the state grew by 11,000 between December and January.</p> Ann Arbor-based Adaptive Materials gets $2.9 million fuel cell contract with Pentagon<p>Michigan-based Adaptive Materials Inc. says it has received a $2.9 million Pentagon contract to develop a 300-watt fuel cell system.</p> Michigan schools bracing for layoffs, survey shows<p>School districts will lay off more teachers, reduce bus service and trim support for sports next academic year unless Michigan shores up its education funding system, an advocacy group said Monday.</p> Pure Michigan: House panel OKs putting $20 million into state tourism promotion<p>A House committee Tuesday raised the ante on funding the nationally acclaimed Pure Michigan tourism promotion, voting to pump another $20 million into the campaign - $11.5 million more than the Senate approved last week.</p> 3/9/2010 - Baby, 3 months, left at Grand Rapids fire house<p>Grand Rapids fire Battalion Chief Jerry Salatka tells WOOD-TV the department gained as much information as it could about the baby and the woman.</p> 1024-bit RSA encryption cracked by carefully starving CPU of electricity<p>Since 1977, RSA public-key encryption has protected privacy and verified authenticity when using computers, gadgets and web browsers around the globe, with only the most brutish of brute force efforts felling its 768-bit variety earlier this year.</p> 3/10/2010 - Some dogs linked to dogfighting ring will live<p>The Humane Society of Kent County will get ownership of at least 11 dogs that have been living there in western Michigan.</p> 3/9/2010 - Mixed report card for Mich. child-welfare agency<p>Kevin Ryan's second report released Tuesday reports "significant accomplishments" but says overall performance slipped during the six months.</p> Conan Picks Mich. Woman To Follow On Twitter<p>Former "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien has randomly picked a Michigan woman to follow on Twitter , and she says it has changed her life, WDIV-TV in Detroit reported.</p> Jackson police officer killed in shootout<p>Authorities say a man who fatally shot one police officer and wounded another has been killed during a shootout in south-central Michigan.</p> Stupak: Health bill abortion fight can be resolved<p>Prospects are good for resolving a dispute over abortion that has led some House Democrats to threaten to withhold support of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a key Michigan Democrat said Monday.Rep. Bart Stupak said he expects to resume talks with House leaders this week in a quest for wording that would impose no new limits on ...</p> 3/8/2010 - Ex-President Bush talks to Michigan business group<p>The Economic Club of Grand Rapids says Bush will give the keynote address at its annual meeting June 2. Clinton gave the address in 2007.</p> Ames, Iowa Woman Now Oldest in U.S.<p>Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day, one in New Hampshire and one in Michigan.</p> Men seek museum to honor Glenview history<p>Passionate about preserving U.S. Naval history, Lowell Wallace, Bill Marquardt and Bob Coffin loved watching the Douglas SBD Dauntless and the F6F-3 Hellcat fighter planes being pulled from Lake Michigan last year.</p> Read Comments<p>Jobs are hard to come by in Benton Harbor, a recession-ravaged town of 10,800 on the Lake Michigan shoreline.</p> Survey: Mich. school districts bracing for layoffs<p>A new survey says 86 percent of Michigan's public school districts expect to have layoffs in the coming year.</p> Michigan AD Bill Martin spends his final day watching basketball team lose at Michigan State<p>Bill Martin spent his last day as Michigan's athletic director watching the Wolverines lose 64-48 to Michigan State in basketball.</p> |
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