Unemployment
Rate Drops – Projected to Continue
According to the House Fiscal Agency,
Michigan’s unemployment rate is projected to finish 2013 at 8.7 percent, a .4
percent drop from 2012’s 9.1 percent. Further, the rate is projected to
continue dropping, to 8.2 percent in 2014, 7.3 percent in 2015, and 6.4 percent
in 2016. The national unemployment rates are expected to continue to be ahead
of Michigan’s, ranging from 7.4 percent to finish 2013 to a projected 5.6 percent
in 2016.
State
of the State Address
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has announced
that he will deliver his State of the State Address on Thursday, January 16th
at 7:00PM. The speech will be delivered in the House of Representative’s
Chamber in the State Capitol and will be accompanied by the traditional
receptions and gatherings in the Lansing area beginning around 4:00PM that
evening.
Study
Shows Potential Loss of Congressional Seat in 2020
According to the website RealClearPolitics.com,
Michigan is on track to lose yet another Congressional seat as a result of the
2020 census. Michigan now has 14 seats and 16 electoral votes, down from a 1970
census high of 19 congressional seats and 21 electoral votes. While Michigan’s
population has been well-documented to be on the rise, the rate at which it is
increasing is not even one-tenth the rate at which population is growing in
southern and western states.