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The U.S. secretary of agriculture will be in Charlotte Monday for a forum with rural residents.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Charlotte, Mich., on Monday, holding a rural community forum where he will talk about work his department is doing to help rural America.

Turns out that not-funny senator bit was an act. "I'm an extremely good-looking person," satirist-turned-senator Al Franken cracked as photographers snapped his picture Tuesday after he took the oath of office.

Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. Our birthrights. Liberty is freedom, pursuit of happiness requires a decent job - and life is health.

Stage four liver cancer is ravaging Janice Arntz's body. The woman from St. Johns has health insurance, but the costs are so high, she says, that it's becoming nearly impossible to get the treatment she needs.

WASHINGTON - Michigan employers have been more generous than most in providing health insurance coverage to their workers, picking up the fifth-highest share of the premium cost, according to the most recent figures available.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow tours an artist's studio space during a brief visit to the Armory Arts Village on Monday.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 7:01 p.m. SAULT ST. MARIE -- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday at the Soo Locks in Sault St.

Michigan will get as much as $900 million in sorely needed business investment from two legendary manufacturing giants, General Electric Co .

An ecstatic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and other state politicians welcomed General Electric's announcement of a new research facility in Wayne County.

A Detroit councilwoman married to Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, the latest batch of bad news for a city already shaken by scandals and financial peril.

Add Detroit to the list of research centers operated by General Electric Co. GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt on Friday announced a $100 million Advanced Manufacturing Technology & Software Center at a site about 35 miles from the home of the struggling domestic auto industry.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jun. 27--Out-of-work engineers and other tech-savvy Michiganders may be able to submit their resumes to General Electric's new advanced technology center in southeast Michigan as early as next week.

General Electric will announce tomorrow plans to build a green technology facility in Van Buren Township that is expected to create around 1,200 jobs, according to various reports.

General Motors Corp. is confirming it will use an idled assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich., and a parts stamping facility in Pontiac, Mich., to build small and compact cars, a move expected save 1,400 jobs.

The General Electric Company today announced that it will open an advanced manufacturing technology and software center in Michigan.

General Electric Corp. will set about researching, developing and making wind turbines and other green technology at a facility in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, congressional sources said late today.

If you're thinking of dumping your clunker, now's the time to do your homework. The federal government is rolling out a $1 billion program to encourage motorists to get rid of their old gas guzzlers and buy new, more fuel-efficient vehicles with $3,500 and $4,500 vouchers.

Senate Democrats defeated a Republican effort to kill a $1 billion "cash for clunkers" program that provides government incentives of $3,500 to $4,500 to car buyers who trade in old gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Bring Together Clean Energy Businesses, Lawmakers. WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow , Chair of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, today hosted the Senate Democratic Green Jobs Summit.