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  Michigan Legislature starts passing budget plans

  By David Eggert  |  April 25, 2013

  Lawmakers began setting the table Wednesday for how to spend $49 billion in the next Michigan budget.

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  For this advisor, it’s all academic

  By Daniel Williams  |  April 15, 2013

  Advisor Linda Leitz is studying for her Ph.D. so she can understand the psychology behind boomers’ financial decisions.

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  Sequester Q&A: For U.S., a new season of uncertainty

  By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press  |  February 25, 2013

  The deadline is Friday, but Congress and the White House are still bickering.

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  Obama seeks to avoid sequester with short-term fix

  By Andrew Taylor, Jim Kuhnhenn  |  February 6, 2013

  The president wants long-term deficit reduction that combines taxes and cuts, but his plan faces stiff resistance from anti-tax Republicans in Congress.

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  Obama backs off hard lines in search of compromise

  By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press  |  December 18, 2012

  Both sides still seem willing to lock in on a substantial agreement rather than just putting off a fiscal day of reckoning.

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  Fiscal cliff solutions: A billion here, a billion there

  By Andrew Taylor  |  December 3, 2012

  Small changes — such as federal workers contributing more toward their pensions — could start producing real changes to the potential $500 billion cliff.

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  Ryan asked federal agencies to help constituents

  By Jack Gillum, Associated Press  |  October 15, 2012

  A wire service found one plea involved funding authorized by PPACA.

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  Fact check: presidential debate missteps

  By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press  |  October 4, 2012

  An AP team takes a stab at verifying what the candidates said.

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  Home Health Workers Face Growing Demand, Flat Pay

  By John Seewer, Associated Press  |  August 6, 2012

  Will anyone pay to expand the home health worker labor force? If so, who? How?

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  Repealing PPACA Won't Be Easy

  By Andrew Taylor  |  July 16, 2012

  Overturning the Supreme Court's PPACA ruling won't be as easy as some Republicans portend, and it certainly won't be quick.