http://www.michigan.gov/ en Copyright 2008 - State Of Michigan Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:48:08 EST http://www.michigan.gov/podcast http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://michigan.gov/documents/gov/Gov150_Full_238807_7.mp3 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EDT You may have heard earlier this week that Michigan's unemployment rate took a big jump in the month of May. As new job seekers - many of them young people - entered the work force, they weren't able to find the jobs they were looking for, pushing our unemployment rate to over 8 percent. While any increase in the unemployment rate is unacceptable, Michigan can't escape the effects of $4-a-gallon gas, contraction in the automotive sector, and the sub-prime lending crisis that's battering the national economy. The national jobless rate also soared in May, increasing by more in a single month than any time in more than 20 years. http://michigan.gov/documents/gov/Gov150_Full_238807_7.mp3