Paul Ruschmann’s The Week in Review, 12/11-12/17

December 17th, 2005 | by christine |

In This Week’s Edition

  • Affirmative-Action Debate Turns Nasty
  • What’s Happening in Washington?
  • Looking Ahead to 2006…and 2008
  • Legislature Update
  • Around the State
  • Opinion Roundup
  • Sound Bites of the Week

Michigan By the Numbers

  • Detroit’s snowiest December on record: 34.9 inches in 1974.
  • States other than Michigan that allow citizens to put issues on the ballot: 23.
  • Division II championships won by Grand Valley State’s football team: 3, including last Saturday’s win.
  • Retired state employees working full-time for the state: 83.
  • Detroit employees facing layoffs in this round of budget cuts: 414.
  • Percent of Michigan motorists who fasten their seat belts: 92.9.
  • Detroit’s worst year for murders: 1974, with 714. There were 384 murders last year, and this year’s total might be lower still.

Get the rest: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/17/18528/748

Post a Comment