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Business owners and politicians are trying to figure out how to make Michigan a manufacturing hub for things like advanced batteries, wind turbines, and…

Michele Norris talks with three of NPR's correspondents about various aspects of President Bush's federal budget proposal. Jackie Northam covers defense, Julie Rovner covers health care and Christopher Joyce covers energy issues.

Speaking at a White House news conference Tuesday, the president says Congress has blocked his solutions to the nation's economic and energy problems.

Congressman Fred Upton says he’s in favor of getting rid of federal subsidies for the oil and gas industry.He made the comments during a debate last…

The Federal Reserve slashed the federal funds rate, charged on overnight loans between banks, by one-half a percentage point to 4.75 percent. Wall Street investors were happy. But for average people, the cut doesn't translate into that much money in their pockets.

A coalition of environmental groups wants to stop a nuclear power plant in Ohio from renewing its license.The operating license for the Davis Besse…

A new report says repealing the federal health care law will cost Michigan consumers and small businesses a lot of money.PIRGIM, the consumer advocacy…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The University of Michigan is getting $1.3 million in federal money to help train and educate the next generation of leaders in…

Bolivia's President Evo Morales has nationalized the country's natural-gas industry. Foreign energy companies have six months to agree to new contracts for operating in the country. Some analysts say Morales may have miscalculated their willingness to remain in Bolivia.

Enbridge Energy has a bit of a bad reputation in Michigan. In 2010, one of the company’s pipelines burst near Marshall. More than a million gallons of oil…