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At the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month, luxury was in the air. Pricey new Bentleys and Maseratis glittered - including a Maserati 2014 Quattroporte with a $132,000 price tag; U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and dignitaries rubbed shoulders; and many of the well-heeled attendees ponied up for a $300-a-ticket black-tie charity ball.
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LANSING, Mich.-- Labor unions, Democrats and others sued to block Michigan's right-to-work law Thursday, asking that the measure be struck down because people were locked out of the state Capitol while the contentious measure was debated.
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PONTIAC, Mich., Jan 30- Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said on Wednesday that a review process on Detroit and a decision on whether the city's shaky financial condition warrants a state-appointed manager could be completed in as soon as three weeks.
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DETROIT, Jan 29- Michigan Governor Rick Snyder asked the state Supreme Court to rule whether a law passed last month making payment of union dues voluntary is constitutional, a move critics said was designed to circumvent legal challenges by labor unions.
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Rick Snyder asked the Michigan Supreme Court on Monday to rule quickly on the constitutionality of the new right-to-work law that takes effect in late March, saying questions on how it would impact 35,000 unionized state employees must be resolved before new contract talks begin this summer.
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At the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month, luxury was in the air. Pricey new Bentleys and Maseratis glittered - including a Maserati 2014 Quattroporte with a $132,000 price tag; U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and dignitaries rubbed shoulders; and many of the well-heeled attendees ponied up for a $300-a-ticket black-tie charity ball.
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General Motors Co and Chrysler, which along with Ford Motor Co gave the Motor City its identity, survived near-death experiences after filing for bankruptcy during the financial crisis. Now, Detroit itself is edging closer to a similar precipice, only unlike the automakers, its chances of getting a federal bailout are almost nonexistent.
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Rick Snyder's administration is kicking off a year-long study to help set future energy policies for Michigan, including whether to require expanded use of wind, the sun and other renewable electricity sources. It will begin with seven public meetings around the state, starting Feb. 14 in Lansing and ending April 22 in Traverse City.
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Rick Snyder announced Wednesday the Michigan Strategic Fund approved the performance-based grants for projects across the Lower Peninsula. Highlights include expansions by Japanese auto parts supplier Denso Corp. It plans to invest about $150 million in its operations in Battle Creek and the Detroit suburb of Southfield to create about 440 jobs total.
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DETROIT, Dec 19- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing outlined a 10- point program on Wednesday to raise revenue and cut expenses in an effort to raise $50 million more for the city's coffers. The city also wants to sell a $4 million building on the downtown riverfront to the United Auto Workers union, but the price has yet to be negotiated.
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*Detroit collections effort first of several revenue initiatives. DETROIT, Dec 19- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Wednesday outlined a 10- point program to raise revenue and cut expenses totaling $50 million in the city's latest effort to heal its finances.
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CHICAGO, Dec 15- A check of Detroit's finances has found a "serious financial problem" with the cash-strapped city, a step that could lead to the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
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*New law to keep intact ongoing review process like Detroit. Dec 13- A bill that will give fiscally troubled local Michigan governments like Detroit's, as well as school districts, a set of options ranging from bankruptcy to arbitration was approved by the Michigan Senate on Thursday.
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*Michigan outcome a "catastrophe" for unions. CHICAGO, Dec 13- Laws that weaken the power of organized labor could spread to more U.S. states in 2013 after supporters of the measures scored a major victory over unions in Michigan this week, and earlier in the year in Indiana, experts said.
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LANSING, Mich., Dec 13- Republican Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation on Tuesday that makes Michigan, the birthplace of the United Auto Workers, the 24th U.S. state to enact a "right-to-work" law that limits the rights of labor unions in the workplace.
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From outside Michigan Republican circles, it appeared that the Republican drive to weaken unions came out of the blue - proposed, passed and signed in a mere six days.
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LANSING, Mich., Dec 13- As a trained aerospace engineer, Patrick Colbeck applied his penchant for data analysis and "systematic approach" to his new job in early 2011: a Michigan state senator, recently elected and keen to create jobs in the faded industrial powerhouse.
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NBC's Ron Mott reports Gov. Rick Synder has signed two bills into law that many see as a major setback for big labor.
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DETROIT, Dec 11- Cash-strapped Detroit will get $10 million from Michigan after the city council dropped its opposition to a key measure on Tuesday, but the state has started a review of the city's finances that could lead it to file the biggest municipal bankruptcy ever in the United States.
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* "The day Michigan freed its workers," supporter says. LANSING, Mich., Dec 11- Michigan enacted a ban on mandatory union membership on Tuesday, dealing a stunning blow to organized labor in the state that is home to U.S. automakers and the symbol of industrial labor in the United States.
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* "The day Michigan freed its workers," supporter says. *Other states watching Michigan closely. The Teamsters union national president, James Hoffa, whose father, Jimmy Hoffa, was one of the nation's most famous labor leaders until he disappeared in 1975 in Michigan, denounced Republican leaders in a speech to the protesters.