Granholm urges state to invest in change
A commitment to diversifying the economy, refinancing the state’s debt to create a pool of money for investments, forging ahead with the development of renewable energy companies, and creating high schools where every student will be prepared for college are high on Governor Granholm’s list of investments need to bring Michigan out of its single state recession.
A commitment to diversifying the economy, refinancing the state’s debt to create a pool of money for investments, forging ahead with the development of renewable energy companies, and creating high schools where every student will be prepared for college are high on Governor Granholm’s list of investments need to bring Michigan out of its single state recession.
According to excerpts from the story:
LANSING — 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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