A commitment to diversifying the economy, strengthening education, and healthcare for every family topped Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm's list of investments necessary to accelerate the state's economic transition.
According to excerpts from the story:
Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday painted a vision of a state where alternative energy companies employ tens of thousands of workers, low-income students attend new high schools that prepare them for college and residents laid off from manufacturing jobs find bright new futures in health care.
The Democratic governor said those are the ways Michigan will grow out of its protracted economic crisis, which has saddled it with the nation's highest unemployment rate and caused people to leave the state for better opportunities elsewhere.
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