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Michigan governor to work for nothing in bid to help balance budget

By | 02.18.11 | 7:48 am

As part of the cuts-heavy budget presented Thursday Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has offered to work for just one dollar a year.

State’s oil and gas pipeline capacity rising along with scrutiny

By | 08.03.10 | 8:49 am

A lack of natural gas pipeline capacity has long been cited as one of the reasons Colorado is less competitive with other states in pricing its gas for markets, but the completion of the Rocky Mountain Express last

Major Michigan oil spill hits as Congress debates drilling reforms

By | 07.28.10 | 3:12 pm

Another day, another onshore oil spill somewhere in America.

Officials in Michigan, according to our sister site, the Michigan Messenger, are streaming into the small town of Calhoun to assess the growing aquatic devastation from what may wind up…

In unemployment benefits extension, a logistical headache for states

By | 07.19.10 | 8:48 am

On Tuesday, members of the U.S. Senate plan to vote on a federal extension of unemployment benefits, which has been blocked by Republicans for an unprecedented two months. The swearing-in of Carte Goodwin, the temporary replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), will give Democrats the crucial 60th vote to overcome a GOP filibuster and restore unemployment insurance to 2.5 million Americans.

WATCH: Bachmann on the threat of a one-world currency

By | 09.29.09 | 12:13 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., spoke at the conservative Take Back America conference this weekend in St Louis. She told attendees it would be easy to “defund the left” and warned that “President Obama’s czars want to give away American…

Nestle bottled-water war heats up in Arkansas River Valley

By | 05.07.09 | 12:15 pm

A water grab by Swiss food and beverage behemoth Nestle is playing out in the county commissioner’s chambers of rural Chaffee County, which is considering issuing a 1041 permit to allow the siphoning of spring water for Nestle’s Arrowhead bottled water.

McCain Holds Slim Lead in Michigan; Who Would You Vote For Today?

By | 01.14.08 | 10:29 am

In day one of the first Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll of Michigan, John McCain’s lead over Mitt Romney is within the statistical margin of error.

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