State employee contracts delayed
"The Michigan Civil Service Commission has delayed until mid-January a decision on new state employee contracts. The commission was supposed to have the final say in a fight over wages and benefits – especially health care coverage. But the commission deadlocked," Rick Pluta reports.
Unemployment drops to 8.8%
"Michigan’s monthly unemployment rate dropped slightly to 8.8%. The drop was due mostly to fewer people competing for jobs," Rick Pluta reports.
Renisha McBride hearing enters second day
"There will be more testimony today at the second day of hearings in suburban Detroit to determine if a homeowner will face a second-degree murder charge for killing an unarmed woman on his porch. The homeowner shot the 19-year-old in the face, saying he feared for his life," the Associated Press reports.
