As the state unemployment rate continues to be in the double digits… Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks dealing with job loss may require us to turn to an almost forbidden word…
Today I want to say something shocking, so [...] Jocelyn Benson has secured the endorsement of John Conyers for Secretary of State. This is not terribly notable in its own right, since Benson is the only Democrat in the running for the job, but it is a continued sign that this campaign is laying all the right foundation [...]
Here’s another glimmer of hope for the economy: Michigan’s unemployment rate fell nearly another half a percent in November. Total employment increased by 16,000 and the jobless rate dropped from 15.1 percent in October to 14.7 percent in November. Unfortunately, that’s still high enough to lead the nation — [...]
The Detroit News’ Mike Wilkinson has an eye-opening story on how unemployment rates generally under-report true joblessness — and specifically how this is happening in Michigan’s largest city.
The story points out that Detroit’s official unemployment rate of 27 percent (as of October) may be dramatically under-counting those without work [...]
President Barack' [...]
From the Port Huron Times Herald:
"They in Lansing need a two-by-four to the side of the head," (Port Huron school board treasurer Geoffrey -- my add, based on no other Herings referenced ~ed.) Herring said.
What would prompt one public official to suggest that a whack to the head is [...]
Some other stuff to ponder:
Michigan revenues for November showed the first increase since January - another hopeful sign that we are starting to see some recovery. Gongwer via MI-Tech has the breakdown on tax collections here, the sales tax [...]
Americans want their government to create jobs through spending on public works, investments in alternative energy or skills training for the jobless.
They also want the deficit to come down. And most are ready to hand [...]
By Pat Garofalo
Today, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) appeared at the Economist’s World in 2010 conference (attended by ThinkProgress), where he took exception to NBC’s David Gregory characterizing Republicans as “not really a party of ideas, because they don’t want to be.” [...]
The American Thinker does an outstanding job explaining the global warming deception by Mann, Jones, et el..
As the mainstream media move from abject denial to dismissive whitewashing, CRU co-conspirators move to Copenhagen for tomorrow’s UN climate meeting, intent on changing the world as we know [...]
Via The Minority Report:
