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AP: Michigan won't privatize prisons further
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials said Friday they will not privatize nearly $350 million in prisoner health care and food costs, keeping intact nearly 1,700 state workers' jobs but frustrating Republican lawmakers who questioned the...
Tags: Public Employees, Healthcare Policies, Rick Snyder, Health Insurance Cost, Health and Safety at Work
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Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe dies
Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe, a well-known former criminal defense attorney who served on the Baltimore Circuit Court for nearly two decades and had a taste for the macabre, died Wednesday at her Homeland residence of complications from a stroke she had...
Tags: Pikesville, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, John Waters
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State changes Democratic chair, keeps GOP leader
DETROIT (AP) — Eager for the 2014 election, Michigan Democrats dumped their long-time party leader Saturday in favor of a challenger who said Republicans' complete control in Lansing must no longer stand. Lon Johnson won when incumbent Mark...
Tags: Regional Authority, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Gov. Snyder asks for court ruling on right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder asked the Michigan Supreme Court on Monday to rule quickly on the constitutionality of the new right-to-work law that takes effect in late March, saying questions on how it would impact 35,000 unionized state...
Tags: Regional Authority, Public Employees, Rick Snyder, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Snyder's State of the State speech: 5 things to know
LANSING -- Five things to know about Gov. Rick Snyder's third annual State of the State address: 1. HOW TO TUNE IN: Snyder will deliver the speech Wednesday to a joint session of the Michigan Legislature in the House chamber of the state Capitol. He...
Tags: Regional Authority, Employees, National Government, Rick Snyder, Government
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5 things to know about Snyder's annual speech
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Five things to know about Gov. Rick Snyder's third annual State of the State address Wednesday night: ROAD SHOW: Snyder dusted off an earlier proposal to raise taxes and vehicle registration fees to fix the state's ailing...Tags: Regional Authority, Employees, Insurance, Rick Snyder, Government
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Michigan law shows unions must change or die
Amid the hubbub over the fiscal cliff these past few weeks, an important event happened Dec. 11 that many Americans probably missed: The union movement was struck a critical blow in the state it calls home. That day, a "right to work" law was passed...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, AAA, American Enterprise Institute, Manufacturing and Engineering, Rick Snyder
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Chevrolet Sonic tells story of Detroit comeback
AP Auto WritersDETROIT (AP) — When the word reached the Orion Assembly Plant, it spread along the serpentine assembly line like news of a death or natural disaster: General Motors, the biggest automaker in the world, had filed for bankruptcy protection. On...Tags: Unemployment, General Motors Corp., Plant Openings, Manufacturing and Engineering, Business
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Don't blame the union in the great Twinkie debacle of 2012
America lost one of its iconic brands last month when Hostess, maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other staples of postwar Middle America, closed up shop. The announcement was an occasion for wags to litter the Internet with jokes about the...
Tags: Unions, Finance, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Rick Snyder
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Barry-Wehmiller has a funny way of valuing its employees
You'd be hard pressed to find a company that talks more about its "people-centric" management culture than Barry-Wehmiller, a privately owned manufacturer of industrial equipment. Barry-Wehmiller, which has $1.5 billion in annual sales, says it's all...
Tags: Unemployment, Arts and Culture, Unions, St. John's Health Center, Job Layoffs
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'Don't be afraid to die,' the officers told us
Of The Morning CallSpurred by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Allentown native Charles J. Toth joined the Marine Corps in 1942 when he was 21. He went to the Pacific a year later as a machine gunner with an amphibian tractor unit attached to the 4th Marine Division....Tags: Malaria, Injuries and Wounds, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Armed Forces
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