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...Michigan, whose 12.6% jobless rate is the highest in the U.S., with still more auto-plant closings coming soon, launched its "No Worker Left Behind" program in August 2007. So far the state has footed the bill - up to $10,000 per displaced worker - for 61,434 unemployed Michiganders to learn the math, technology and science skills they need to embark on new careers at companies like Hemlock Semiconductor, Dow Chemical and Dow Corning, which are investing and hiring there. Also in demand: the program's newly trained nursing assistants, physical therapists and health-care technicians...
...pictures from an ammunition plant...
...auto industry woes are being felt here too. Over the last two decades, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee lured automakers with relatively inexpensive land and lax labor laws. Now, Tennessee is fighting the possible closure of a GM plant in Spring Hill, and Toyota has already postponed the start of production of the Prius at a new plant in Mississippi...
...employees leaves, there will be no replacement. Jackson's dreams of a new police station are dashed. Now, he fears many of the remaining residents will leave. The other day, he showed up in town with two employment applications to cut grass at a nearby nuclear power plant. "Loads of people came up to me grabbing applications," Jackson says. Still, he's hopeful some of the federal government's stimulus money will help Allendale launch new projects. "Morale, it's kind of down right now," he says, adding, "but hopefully, we can lift ourselves back...
...years. The Dalai Lama will give a talk called “Educating the Heart” at Memorial Church on April 30 in front of over 900 faculty and students. The event’s lottery closed on Wednesday. After the talk, the Dalai Lama plans to plant a tree with University President Drew Faust, and later receive a citation from Harvard, said Sangay. The following day, he will participate in a panel discussion called “Meditation and Psychotherapy—Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom,” at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, organized...