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Archive of Michigan on Tuesday November 03, 2009
MI: H1N1 flu vaccine shortage possible in Michigan
State health officials said Monday that there are fewer than 1 million doses of H1N1 vaccine allocated to Michigan right now, but there are 5 million people -- about half of those in the state -- who are high-risk individuals in need of the vaccine. Read More
MI: Ford's surprise $997M profit boosts stock nearly 8%
Ford Motor Co.'s stock jumped 58 cents, or more than 8%, to close at $7.58 Monday -- quite a leap from its low of $1.01 reached last Nov. 20 -- after the automaker reported a surprise $997-million profit. Read More
MI: Swine flu hits Michigan hard
Michigan is being hit by the worst flu season in years, with the H1N1 virus sickening tens of thousands of residents, sending hundreds to the hospital, closing nearly 600 schools and killing 16 people -- including five people in Metro Detroit, state officials announced Monday. Read More
MI: Granholm urges 'targeted, narrow' tax hikes to help schools
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, speaking in Saginaw Township on Monday, urged legislators to approve "targeted, narrow" tax increases on oil and gas companies, and tobacco companies, to raise money to fund Michigan's public schools. Read More
MI: Scammers target those with Michigan unemployment insurance debit cards
Those who receive state unemployment insurance debit cards are the targets of an attempt to steal unemployment benefits, according to Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. Read More
MI: Students take stand on education cuts
As many as 200 people led by high school students gathered at the Capitol steps Monday to protest cuts to public school funding. Read More
MI: Ford chief sees a bright future
A much smaller Ford Motor Co. -- with 45% fewer workers and more than a dozen fewer factories than in 2005 -- is heading into the last stretch of 2009 with more money, optimism and fuel-efficient passenger cars than it has had for years. Read More
MI: MPSC tells Consumers to cut increase, give refunds
Consumers Energy wanted to raise electric rates by $179 million a year and started charging about that amount in May. Read More
MI: Gorcyca faces misconduct charges again
The Attorney Discipline Board has reinstated professional misconduct charges against former Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca. Read More
MI: Michigan's Rich Rodriguez helps kick off child ID drive
Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez helped kick off a drive to distribute 290,000 child ID kits to every kindergarten and first-grade student in the state this fall. Read More
MI: Web site wants candidates to answer tough questions
Its creators are a bipartisan mix of veteran policy, legal and public relations experts who want the 2010 gubernatorial campaign to go beyond slogans and rhetoric. Read More
US: Rental car taxes are getting jacked up
Anyone renting a car in Maine would be paying the state 12.5% of their bill in excise taxes starting last month if the legislature there had its way. Read More
WI: Wis. PSC approves utility's biomass plan
Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin, a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, said Monday that installing the biomass gasification technology in its third generator at Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland will make it the largest biomass plant in the Midwest-based on producing 60 megawatts of power from that fuel. Read More
OH: President Obama quietly signs landmark Great Lakes cleanup bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Without fanfare, President Barack Obama has OK'd a large cash infusion to help clean up the Great Lakes, quietly signing a bill that was years in the making and marks a rare bipartisan milestone. Read More
IN: Final link in trails connecting 3 states planned
PORTAGE, IND. -- A northwest Indiana development official says he hopes a 10-mile stretch of recreation trail along Lake Michigan can be built within five years to complete a series of trails connecting Illinois to Michigan. Read More
Spending limits, gambling top fiscal 2009 ballot measures
 The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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