Durbin fired up over coal-fired ferry

Mar. 25, 2013
Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is crying foul over a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would allow a famous coal-fired ferry to keep running.

Amtrak adds more Michigan trains

Dec. 14, 2012
Amtrak is adding more trains on its Chicago-Michigan route to accommodate increased demand during the busy travel period at the end of December.Amtrak will have two additional daily trains between Chicago and Ann Arbor from Dec. 21-23 and Dec. 28-30.

Michigan Legislature sends governor right-to-work plan

Dec. 11, 2012
The Michigan Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bitterly contested right-to-work plan limiting the power of unions, a devastating and once unthinkable defeat for organized labor in a state considered a cradle of the movement.

Historic coal-powered Lake Michigan ferry on chopping block

Dec. 6, 2012
Sen. Dick Durbin is on the offensive over the S.S. Badger’s pollution problem. Now the ship’s future is in the hands of the EPA.

Undocumented youths get chance to drive

Aug. 27, 2012
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio are planning to provide licenses to immigrants who get work papers under a new federal policy.

Five things to look for in today’s primaries

Feb. 28, 2012
There are two contests today, in Arizona and Michigan, but only Michigan is really up for grabs. That’s because Mitt Romney can count on a large and active Mormon population in Arizona and the support of almost all the Arizona GOP establishment (though that endorsement from Gov.

New life for historic GM complex in Flint

Nov. 30, 2011
FLINT — There may be no better example of how the industrial Midwest is changing than the site of the old Fisher Body Plant No.

Investment + community college = jobs

Nov. 30, 2011
As the Great Lakes region continues to face high rates of unemployment, many manufacturing workers find themselves laid off and lacking credentials to find new work. State-funded agencies are teaming up with community colleges and private businesses to help get workers back into jobs.

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