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Three months later, GOP hasn't cleaned up jobless benefits train wreck
Date: Mar-29-2002
LANSING - It all seemed like such a simple game plan back in January. Michigan Republicans, who control the entire legislative process in our state capital, had seemed ready to...
Totally wired Wayne State building nears completion
Date: Mar-29-2002
Wayne State University will soon have a 270,000-square-foot, $64 million remedy to address the shortcomings of the crowded and outdated Shapero Hall. It comes in the form of the building...
Building trades' goal: to restore balance in state government
Date: Mar-15-2002
LANSING - The debacle over how much of an increase in benefits Michigan's unemployed workers should receive (see related story) was the ideal exclamation point to illustrate how much workers...
Building trades move quickly to iron out Compuware HQ
Date: Mar-15-2002
Not a bad eight months of work for the building trades and general contractor Walbridge-Aldinger at the Compuware Headquarters building under construction in Detroit. Since last July, more than 8,700...
Bush OKs weaker tariff package for relief of U.S. steel, ore industries
Date: Mar-15-2002
President Bush earlier this month offered a middle-of-the road solution to aid the ailing U.S. steel industry, imposing tariffs of 8-30 percent on several types of imported steel, as well...
Granholm cautions against sale of Blue Cross
Date: Mar-15-2002
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm on March 1 cautioned Michigan legislators that selling or privatizing the financially troubled Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) would violate current state law...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Mar-15-2002
More patrol money for work zones The Michigan Department of Transportation is identifying locations across the state where increased law enforcement in work zones may help keep motorists and workers...
Republicans backpeddle on jobless benefit max
Date: Mar-15-2002
LANSING - Every now and then, Republican lawmakers like to pound home the point that they're calling all the shots in the state legislative process. Last week, they struck another...
Trades ready Spartan gridiron for grass
Date: Mar-15-2002
EAST LANSING - Spartan Stadium is returning to agrarian roots. Gone is the astroturf that has covered the field since 1969. The most recent carpet was eight years old, and...
Boilermakers help rescue ice anglers
Date: Mar-01-2002
Two boilermakers helped rescue three teenage fishermen who fell through the ice on a Lake St. Clair canal in Harrison Twp. Two of the three anglers were closer to the...