Slow Down: Yellow light for green jobs in Michigan

There are a lot of questions right now about our state. Questions about its budget, its industries, its growth, pretty much everything. But one of the biggest questions is: What’s next? Though we’ve been slow to start, the state believes green jobs will be just that. Excerpt: In her effort to attract employers, the governor has taken up the latest arms in the economic arsenal — tax credits, loans, Super Bowl tickets and a willingness to travel as far as Japan for a weekend to try to persuade an auto parts company to bring more jobs to Michigan. She has won solar and wind energy, electric car batteries, and movie production jobs. About 10,800 of the new positions came from overseas companies, according to her office, the fruits of visits to seven countries. “We have great bones as a state,” she says. “We know how to build stuff. We will build on that strength and diversify this economy. We will lead the nation in creating jobs in renewable energy. We’re not going to be viewed as Luddites.” Read the entire article here.