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NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Dec-24-2010
Lawmakers approve extended UI benefits A bi-partisan Congress, along with the signature of President Obama on Dec. 17, passed an $858 billion package that guarantees up to 99 weeks of...
Obama, GOP tax deal an ‘abomination’ for all but the rich
Date: Dec-24-2010
(By Robert Reich, Fmr Secretary of Labor) America’s two economies are getting wider apart. The Big Money economy is booming. According to a new Commerce Department report, third-quarter profits of...
Transportation group forecasts a 4.4% drop in U.S. 2011 highway & bridge construction
Date: Dec-24-2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Continuing budget challenges for state and local governments, uncertainty surrounding a new long-term federal surface transportation bill, and winding down of infrastructure investment under the stimulus law...
Human Health Building on the rise at Oakland U
Date: Dec-10-2010
ROCHESTER – A new building that will be friendlier to its inhabitants and the environment is coming out of the ground on the Oakland University campus. The $62 million, 165,000-square-foot...
Industry still not ready to awaken from construction’s ‘long nightmare’
Date: Dec-10-2010
U.S. Census Bureau figures and analysis by McGraw Hill Construction both reported small jumps in U.S. construction activity in October. But no one is ready to state that construction industry...
Let’s add quality of life issues to right-to-work debate, argues tinknocker
Date: Dec-10-2010
Do statewide right-to-work laws lower quality of life for residents? Some numbers unearthed by a tinknocker point to “yes.” Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 member Dennis Marentette, who has a...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Dec-10-2010
2nd Detroit River bridge dead, for now The Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC), a proposed second bridge to be built about two miles south of the Ambassador Bridge, died in the...
Replicated plaster will re-adorn Bay City City Hall
Date: Dec-10-2010
Water and 113-year-old ornamental plaster don’t mix. Proof of that can be found at Bay City City Hall, where an Oct. 12 roof fire led to a 20,000-gallon deluge of...
Annnd…action. Soundstage construction comes to Michigan
Date: Nov-26-2010
PONTIAC – When it comes to moving the state forward into the business of making motion pictures, television and video production, they’re not messing around at Raleigh Michigan Studios. Under...
Jobless benefits a disincentive? Not when job seekers outnumber jobs 5-1
Date: Nov-26-2010
“The longer you pay people not to work, the longer they’re not go to try to work.” – Radio host and leading conservative voice Rush Limbaugh, in comments made this...