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Michigan Budget

Why States Like Michigan Are Failing

Susan J. Demas | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Michigan Budget, Republicans Taxes, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, 15.3 Percent Unemployment, Michigan Unemployment, Mike Bishop, Michigan, Michigan-Budget, Republians, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

How does our state rebuild when a quarter or a third of our citizens don't receive the help they need from the state so they can get a job, see a doctor, stay in school, keep their homes or eat dinner tonight?

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Michigan Heads Toward Partial Government Shutdown

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan, Michigan Shutdown, Michigan Budget, Jennifer Granholm, Politics News

LANSING, Mich. — One of the nation's most economically battered states is heading into more fiscal fights after surviving a short-lived governme...

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How Obama Will Keep Michigan Blue in 2010

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Budget, Gop, John McCain, Sonia Sotomoayor, John Cherry, Gm, 2010 Election, Reagan Democrats, Government Spending, Macomb County, Anderson Cooper, Joe Biden, Stimulus, Ray Lahood, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Gary Locke, Pork-Barrel Spending, Oakland County, Michigan Republican Party, Unemployment, Hilda Solis, Jennifer Granholm, Sean Hannity, Michigan, Glenn Beck, Rust Belt, Recovery Act, Dennis Darnoi, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

If the Republicans win the governorship here, the national media will trumpet that as an Important Trend. And a sign of the president's impending doom in 2012.

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State Budgets: Times Are Tough All Over

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Mitch Bean, Michigan Budget, State Budgets, National Conference of State Legislatures, New-York-State-Budget, Gov. Jon Corzine, Stimulus, California Budget Problems, House Fiscal Agency, Corina Eckl, Recovery Act, Arra, Michigan, Raising Taxes, Furloughs, Ncsl, Business News
Susan J. Demas

When we're taxing candy, brothels and pot, we know our states are having difficulty balancing the budget.

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