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The Michigan unemployment report for August is out and the results, while predictable, are more bad news for a state economy that hasn’t seen consistent job growth in years. Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased in August by three-tenths of a percentage point to 11.2 percent, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB).

PG&E, the owner of the natural gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., that burst earlier this month killing four people and destroying dozens of homes, released

Based on reports from the D.C. media, it’s hard to judge whether freshman U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Corpus Christi) is filthy-rich, neck-deep in debt, or

Noel Hammatt has a bone to pick with the billions of federal and state dollars being thrown at poor kids in under-served communities. Put simply, too much

John Weaver and John Yob, two strategists for John McCain’s 2008 bid, are joining up with Democratic consultant Tad Devine to work for Tim Cahill,

The organizers of Friday’s prayer rally at Ford Field have targeted not only Muslims but also Freemasons, claiming that the group’s practices allow the Biblical false god Baal to control parts of the United States. Rachel Tabachnick at Talk2Action has been listening to the frequent conference calls that Transformation Michigan, the key local organizing group, has been hosting and reports on a pre-rally planning call from September.

Interest groups are already lining up to use the Supreme Court’s decision today in Ricci v. DeStefano in their favor, whether they support or oppose the

Despite improving economic indicators in GDP, consumer spending and business optimism, the United States’ unemployment rate remains high -- flirting with double

Charter school champion The Walton Foundation has released its 2010 giving breakdown for the group’s education donations. Seven geographic areas received

In a powerful and incisive show focused on the murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, Rachel Maddow interviewed George Washington University

Congress allotted $4 million on Friday to study and combat the outbreak of white-nose syndrome — a mysterious and menacing disease that is killing off North American bats by the millions. White-nose syndrome was first linked to a bat cave near Albany, New York, in 2006 and it has since spread to 16 states and four Canadian provinces, and the fungus that causes the disease has been found on asymptomatic bats in another three states. The little brown bat, as well as the northern long-eared bat and the eastern small-footed bat, are all potential candidates for federal endangered species listings, and the U.S

Deep in Karen DeYoung’s piece today in The Washington Post about what ongoing political instability in Pakistan means for its relationship with the Obama

Nearly all of Georgia’s immigration-enforcement state law, better known as H.B. 87, goes into effect today in the midst of protests over its provisions. # This week, a federal judge in Georgia granted a preliminary injunction against key provisions of the law that would allow police to investigate the immigration status of certain suspects and a measure punishing those who knowingly harbor illegal immigrants.

It was announced Wednesday that Colorado is one nine states to be eligible to apply for the third round of Race to the Top funds to augment state local funding for Colorado schools. “Today’s announcement is good news – potentially even very good news – for Colorado,” Gov

As a member of the U.S. House Armed Services committee, Colorado Republican Rep

A recent surge in pharmacy applications in the state of Florida could spell trouble for the state’s notorious prescription drug problem.

Here’s an interesting response from Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Finance Committee, when asked by a reporter this morning whether

It used to be that answering a question posed by one of Iowa’s lesser known publications following a small town event held little danger of negative national attention. Tim Pawlenty is learning that is no longer the case. On Wednesday, The Iowa Independent highlighted an brief exchange in the town of Boone between Pawlenty and Douglas Burns of the Carroll Daily Times Herald .

Congress’s sweeping probe into performance enhancing drug use in baseball now seems more like a public feud between Roger Clemens and his ex-personal trainer