Jan. 29, 2008: Granholm: A Way to End Economic CrisisMedia Clip
Posted January 29th, 2008 by ElenaVelkov
In her State of the State address, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm focused on renewable energy and its potential to relieve Michigan's job loss. Associated Press LANSING -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday painted a vision of a state where alternative energy companies employ tens of thousands of workers, low-income students attend new high schools that prepare them for college and residents laid off from manufacturing jobs find bright new futures in health care. The Democratic governor said those are the ways Michigan will grow out of its protracted economic crisis, which has saddled it with the nation's highest unemployment rate and caused people to leave the state for better opportunities elsewhere. "The world is changing at a rate unimaginable just a decade ago. No state has borne the brunt of that change like Michigan," a somber Granholm said during her sixth annual State of the State address. "Our commitment to diversifying our economy and educating our citizens must be strong and unwavering because, my friends, there simply is no other course." |
