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Election Preview
Date: Jul-23-2010
The race for governor is at the top of the Aug. 3 primary ballot, but below those names will be numerous other candidates for office whose election will have long-term...
Fuel flexibility key to massive upgrade at Marathon refinery
Date: Jul-23-2010
DETROIT – Marathon Petroleum Company LLC’s refinery is in the midst of a $2.2 billion project that will allow it to process heavy crude oils, like those from Canada, and...
June’s construction Employment falls to 14-year low
Date: Jul-23-2010
Seasonally adjusted construction industry employment slipped in June to the lowest total since July 1996 while the industry’s unemployment rate remained at 20.1 percent, more than double the average for...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jul-23-2010
Walker is new prez at Michigan Building Trades Zane Walker, a Flint-area business agent with Iron Workers Local 25, will succeed Patrick “Shorty” Gleason as President of the Michigan Building...
Safety rules would brace rights for miners, other workers
Date: Jul-23-2010
Stronger enforcement tools, tougher penalties and broader workers’ rights are at the center of soon-to-be introduced workplace safety legislation. The bill’s crafters say they were spurred by the deadly Massey...
Have we bottomed out? Signs point to more woe
Date: Jul-09-2010
Construction employment in Michigan didn’t have a good month from April to May, and the year-to-year numbers are even worse. But now, other states have caught up to Michigan’s construction...
Loss of benefits has an immediate affect on state jobless
Date: Jul-09-2010
LANSING – The Republican opposition which killed bills to extend federal jobless benefits on June 24, and again on June 30, will have immediate consequences to the nation’s – and...
‘Most Yoopers tell me the best social program is a job’ U.P trades rally to support Eagle mine, other projects
Date: Jul-09-2010
MARQUETTE – The message presented by the Upper Peninsula Construction Council: Mining is part of Marquette County’s heritage and it can be done safely by those who live in the...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jul-09-2010
More confidence in work outlook Construction professionals expect the industry recession to start to turn around by the end of the year, according to a survey released June 29 by...
Parking deck’s rooftop solar panels will bring power to the people
Date: Jul-09-2010
TRAVERSE CITY –A parking deck can have a use other than as a pre-cast concrete and metal shell used to park cars. Here, the new $7.9 million parking structure at...