<span style="font-size: larger;">Governor Rick Snyder plans to sign an executive order creating a new state department that will combine several agencies and focuses on developing a workforce that can meet the needs of employers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">This new Department of Talent and Economic Development will combine the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, the state's unemployment insurance agency.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For an article on the new department the Governor will be creating by Executive Order go online at:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/18/snyder-plans-create-state-talent-department/20580471/"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/18/snyder-plans-create-state-talent-department/20580471/</span></a><br />