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Close NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Michigan's Broken 'Promise' By KATE LINEBAUGH Michigan Gov.

DETROIT - A homebuilder who chairs the state housing authority has been the target of lawsuits seeking more than $100 million in judgments.

The University of Michigan today announced an advisory committee to assist president Mary Sue Coleman in her search for a new athletic director.

There is no yellow brick road for the State of Michigan to follow that will lead its citizens to the land of economic prosperity.

Wind Chill: 30 F Font Size: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff to honor a soldier from St.

"For more than a decade, the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy has helped young adults turn their lives around, and today these graduates are working in our communities, attending our universities or serving in our military," Granholm said.

You know Arizona's economy is in bad shape when it ranks worse than Michigan's. Even after years of mind-numbing hits to its construction industry, it's a jolt to realize Arizona has lost a larger percentage of jobs in this recession than Michigan, even as that state's auto-based economy continued to melt down.

A veteran state lawmaker and Democratic gubernatorial candidate on Tuesday proposed swapping Michigan's flat income tax rate for a graduated one, eliminating a business tax surcharge and some business tax breaks, and lowering the sales tax rate while extending it to services.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation that exempts babysitting from day care regulations after the state ordered a Barry County woman to stop watching her friend's children before school.

It seems unlikely Michigan will fire Rich Rodriguez after two awful seasons with an NCAA investigation looming, a search for a new athletic director under way and luxury boxes to fill at the Big House.

A proposal unveiled today by state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith to revamp Michigan's tax structure to raise $6.5 billion more would: - Extend the sales tax to services and reduce the overall tax rate from 6 percent to 5.5 percent.

Over the next few months, Michiganders probably will get pretty sick of hearing about auto insurance.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm switched her focus from finding new money for K-12 schools to trying to restore the Promise Scholarship for 96,000 Michigan college students.

Michigan health officials say influenza has killed 54 people in the state since April 1 and 44 since Sept.

The health-care reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes a provision that Michigan can't afford, an editorial in The Detroit News says.

According to an article posted on ClickonDetroit.com, 83 film projects have come to the state since the tax incentives went into effect in April of 2008, which means Metro Detroiters and Michiganders in general are starting to get used to the idea of running into a celebrity here and there.

Southfield --This summer, after the streets of Detroit wrapped up moonlighting as New Orleans for the murder mystery flick 'Little Murder,' surreptitious nighttime deliveries were made at a nondescript Southfield office building just off Northwestern Highway.

Sade Morris scored a a career-high 26 points and became the 21st player in school history to eclipse 1,000 points, lifting No.

The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.It wasn't that Alsaqa disliked Worcester, Mass.

Spotlight on an upcoming Rally to support the Michigan Promise Scholarship "Hey, Legislators , keep your Michigan Promise" Rally is scheduled this coming Monday at noon, on November 23.