Monday, October 1, 2007

Get Back to Work: Michigan Will Continue This Year

The New York Times is reporting that Michigan's budget-related shutdown has been canceled after all. They have a new lease on life -- at least for another year until lawmakers blockade each other again, shutting down the state for a while. Did anyone even notice that Michigan went on holiday? I know I didn't. This does raise the question, "Do we really need Michigan?" Anyway, here is the brief caption and article URL:

"DETROIT, Oct. 1 — Michigan’s government resumed full operations this morning, about four hours after a potentially embarrassing and economically damaging shutdown began. State employees were ordered back to work after lawmakers approved two tax increases and gave themselves an extra month to resolve a $1.75 billion budget deficit."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/us/01cnd-michigan.html?hp

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