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Snyder blows chance to sell Michigan 3.0
By STEPHEN HENDERSON Detroit Free Press What a missed opportunity.Gov. Rick Snyder's second state of the state address, delivered Wednesday night, was a real letdown, especially given the vision and powerful agenda that was the spine of his first ...

Chamber Pleased with Jobless News; Says More Work, Reforms Needed
Florida's unemployment rate for December stood at 9.9 percent, down from 10 percent in November and marking the first time the state has been below double digits since April 2009, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity. Gov.

Plan now for ups and downs of gas drilling Ron Bartizek Business LOCAL
For Pennsylvanians, there's no such opportunity. Gov. Tom Corbett's stubborn insistence that the industry get a free pass from paying a tax on the gas it removes means an absence of funds to fight the deleterious effects of drilling and its associated ...

Overcoming The Cold Realities Of The Offshore Wind Power Market
However, fearing the state would lose out on a significant economic opportunity, Gov. Donald Carcieri, R -RI, intervened and insisted the PUC revisit the contract. Carcieri told NAW that the PUC wrongly compared the cost of an offshore wind project ...

'We need more jobs,' LePage says
Paul LePage delivered his first State of the State address Tuesday night, calling on Maine legislators to be outraged about Maine's lagging incomes and economic opportunity. Gov. Paul LePage gives his first State of the State address to a joint session ...