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Michigan Radio and Changing Gears are collecting stories about how people are planning ahead in a tough economy, and we’d like your help. What’s on your…
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The ethanol refinery for Carbon Green Bioenergy rises up out of the cornfields outside Lake Odessa Michigan.The refinery was built in 2006. Mitch Miller,…
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Measuring the success of retraining programs used to be straightforward. You just looked at how many people got better paying jobs. Now the emphasis is…
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Jennifer Knightstep was a researcher in the media archives at General Motors until she was laid off in 2008. Her first reaction was fear.“I panicked for a…
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Earlier this year, we told you about The 99% Spring, the protest movement sponsored by a variety of political and labor groups including MoveOn.org, the…
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Unemployment numbers in the Midwest are bad. Not as bad as when the recession was at its worst, but there are still a lot of people looking for jobs. Even…
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This month, we’re looking into some of the hidden assets of the Midwest – the parts of our economy that don’t often get noticed when we talk about our…
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This month, we’re taking a look at some of the hidden assets of the industrial Midwest – the parts of our economy that don’t often get noticed when we…
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Apparently, the phone has been ringing off the hook over at Detroit’s planning department.It’s all because of a few lines uttered by Mayor Dave Bing in…
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Here’s what you do: Click on the video, and pop it out to full screen.As you watch, remind yourself that this is the place they call the Rust Belt.Remind…