LANSING - Just Minnesota and Wisconsin had lower unemployment rates than Michigan and New York among the Great Lakes states in March, figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show. The March numbers also show that 23 states had jobless rates higher than Michigan, including four in the Great Lakes region: Illinois, Ohio,
LANSING - Based on information it released, Enbridge Energy is in violation of the easement it has with the state in terms of it Line 5 running along the Straits of Mackinac, and the state should require the company to repair the pipeline or close it down if it cannot be repaired in the timeframe
LANSING - The effort is not over yet for creating a new energy policy for Michigan as some 10 plants are expected to shut down over the next two weeks, Sen. Mike Nofs said Monday. "It's not dead," Nofs (R-Battle Creek), chair of the Senate Energy and Technology Committee, told Gongwer News Service. After considerable
LANSING - Michigan's changes in 2012 to the rules governing reimbursement for physician-dispensed prescriptions for workers' compensation claims have so far not seen major increases in new strengths or new formulations of certain pain-relieving medications, but the trend is growing across numerous other states, including neighboring Illinois, a study has found. The Workers Compensation Research
LANSING - The air pollution rules headed for likely final approval will not see the drastic changes in handling of toxic and potentially toxic chemicals the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality had originally proposed. The final version of the rules approved by the department have some additional exemptions from air toxics permitting but still generally
LANSING - Only 8 percent of high school graduates nationally receive a diploma representing career and college readiness, a report released Tuesday by the Education Trust said. The report found some 47 percent of graduates are neither college nor career ready because their schools did not provide a coordinated study program or they did not
LANSING - Michigan is extending the deadline for requests for information and proposals as a result of requests from prospective contractors interested in performing an independent risk analysis and independent alternatives analysis related to the pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac, known as Enbridge Line 5. The new deadline will now be April 18 (up
LANSING - The collapse of the Michigan Department of State's project to consolidate and improve its technology systems for renewal of license plates and watercraft registration became so severe that 75 percent of vehicles no longer could have their plates or registrations renewed online, leading to the department's unveiling Tuesday of a temporary backup online
FLINT - The city of Flint has filed a notice of intent to sue the state of Michigan for the actions of the Department of Environmental Quality that led to the water crisis afflicting the city. The notice was filed March 24 in the Michigan Court of Claims, one day after Flint Mayor Karen Weaver
LANSING - The task force that Governor Rick Snyder appointed to investigate how the Flint water crisis occurred takes a hammer to the message Snyder and his staff have emphasized for months that the crisis resulted from a failure of government at all levels. In reading the Flint Water Advisory Task Force's report on the
