• WZZM TV13: Good percentage of stimulus money in West Michigan is going to individuals

• LANSING STATE JOURNAL: Stimulus package initiative could help small-business owners

• NYTIMES: New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step

• MIDWEST REAL ESTATE NEWS: Ford Land to develop massive renewable energy park in Michigan

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: MSU to receive $83,000 grant for wind energy efforts

• BAY CITY TIMES: Clare among six communities receiving stimulus funds for water and wastewater upgrades

• NEW YORK TIMES: Clean-Energy Programs Booming at Community Colleges

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Weatherization a key area for stimulus funds

• ASSOCIATED PRESS: Fed funding to help study wind speeds in Michigan

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Study to focus on retraining for clean energy jobs

• WZZM TV13: 13 On Your Side Stimulus Tracker -- Road construction jobs

• MICHIGAN MESSENGER: Weatherization stimulus spending gets started

• MLIVE.COM: Michigan Works office in Benton Harbor to hold information sessions on paid energy conservation training

• BOSTON GLOBE: Michigan luring Bay State business

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: U.S. stimulus money lights a fire that's warming the state

• MICHIGAN RADIO: Facing the mortgage crisis: Aging out of foster care and into affordable housing

• DAILY TRIBUNE: Ferndale food pantry sees stimulus money, new dependents 

• WKAR: Recovery Office Director speaks on stimulus spending in Michigan

• CHICAGO TRIBUNE: US backs MSU, UK, MIT studies of medicinal plants

• METROMODE: $19M in stimulus funds for U-M retirement study creates 60 jobs

• DETROIT NEWS: White House: Stimulus funds saved or created 22,000 jobs in Mich.

• AP: Report: Stimulus saves, creates 22,500 Michigan jobs

• AP: Michigan's top stimulus cash recipients

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Stimulus gives Michigan a jolt: federal funds have created or saved 22,514 jobs

• WZZM TV13: Wyoming Senior Center completes stimulus funded renovations

• SCIENCE BUSINESS: Stem cell sector moves ahead full speed in US

• CONCENTRATE: U-M scores $6.8M in federal stem cell research grants

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Stimulus grant to aid DTE, Whirlpool smart meters and appliances

• HERALD-PALLADIUM: Whirlpool gets grant for $19.3M 

• REUTERS: Electric-powered automobiles are the real deal

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Edison, Whirlpool to get stimulus money

• JACKSON CITIZEN PATRIOT: Several hundred homeowners in Jackson County to get free help to weatherize homes

• OAKLAND PRESS: Oakland has received $280 million in stimulus funds 

• MIDLAND DAILY NEWS: Federal grant kick-starts city energy audit 

• WWJ: Karmanos Cancer Institute Researcher Wins NIH Grant Funded by the Recovery Act

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: U-M lands stem cell research grants

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Roadwork: bigger, later than ever

• UPI.COM: Federal stimulus money targeting the plug-in electrical vehicle sector is an incredible opportunity for Michigan

• ROMEO OBSERVER: Romeo Community Schools will take advantage of stimulus funds to provide more time to helping at-risk students

• ROMEO OBSERVER: Stimulus funding reinstates reading clinicians in Romeo Schools

• PORT HURON TIMES HERALD: Businesses, students benefit from recovery program

• BAY CITY TIMES: Michigan submits comments on application to receive broadband grants

• MICHIGAN RADIO: Getting Michigan Back to Work

• WWJ: Preliminary Federal Stimulus Results Released

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Transit chief: Stimulus plan working in Detroit

• MICHIGAN RADIO: Federal Stimulus Money Saved or Created 19,000 Michigan Jobs

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Michigan: Stimulus saves or creates 19,500 jobs

• WLNS TV6 Video: State Prepares To Account For Stimulus Spending

• MLIVE: MDOT seeks public comment on high-speed rail plan

• PETOSKEY NEWS-REVIEW: Broadband group in worthy pursuit 

• HERALD-PALLADIUM: Fast trains on horizon 

• CLARE COUNTY REVIEW: Work starts on new $3.7 million CCTC building

• PETOSKEY NEWS-REVIEW: Northern MI Broadband Cooperative applies for stimulus funds to improve high-speed Internet availability 

• MLIVE: 24 MI counties to receive $38M in stimulus funds for job training, career support services

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: Stimulus funds help speed up repairs on I-696 service drive

• GAYLORD HERALD TIMES: Stimulus funds to help low-income homeowners weatherize homes 

• DETROIT NEWS: Michigan's 16 airports look past recession, use $30M in stimulus funds to prepare for future growth

• MODEL D: State announces $17.4M in stimulus funds for energy efficiency and conservation projects

• NEXTGOV.COM: Michigan unveils strategy to garner stimulus IT funds

• ANNARBOR.COM: Michigan's research universities generate $14.5 billion economic impact, study finds

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: $25 million in U.S. aid on the way

• BLOOMBERG.COM: A123 Surges in First Day on Electric-Vehicle Demand

• CHICAGO TRIBUNE: U-M says stimulus grants reach $103 million

• MUSKEGON CHRONICLE: Stimulus funds to reach Head Start kids

• FLINT JOURNAL: Downtown Flint awarded $1.6M in stimulus funding for 'ex-offender' program

• HURON DAILY TRIBUNE: Stimulus funds helping local schools 

• MICHIGAN RADIO: Orange barrels proliferate as economic stimulus money is spent

• CRAIN'S DETROIT: Michigan to get $19.6 million in federal funds for energy projects

• HOMETOWNLIFE.COM: Livonia recalls more laid-off teachers than expected

• MUSKEGON CHRONICLE: Stimulus money tapped for improvements to Apple Drive in Crockery
The Crockery Township stretch of the drive, totaling 5 miles between 144th and 112th avenues, recently received long-overdue improvements made possible by the federal government's American Recovery Stimulus Package.

• REUTERS: White House to report on jobs saved and created

• ANNARBOR.COM: Ypsilanti-based Clean Energy Coalition awarded $15 million from Recovery Act to buy alternative fuel vehicles
The Ypsilanti-based Clean Energy Coalition received a $15 million federal grant to help municipalities, companies and transportation groups throughout Michigan buy alternative fuel vehicles and install clean fueling stations.

• JACKSON CITIZEN PATRIOT: Governor makes pitch at Jackson train station for high-speed rail
Gov. Jennifer Granholm pulled into the Jackson train depot Monday to announce state plans to seek $800 million in federal stimulus funds to create a high-speed rail line between Detroit and Chicago.

• BAY CITY TIMES: State Police receives stimulus money to hire officers
More than $6.5 million in federal Recovery Act funds have been awarded to the Michigan State Police to help hire and train 15 troopers and three sergeants.

• DETROIT FREE PRESS: State seeks grants for high-speed rail
Michigan applied for $830 million in grants from the Recovery Act to fund high-speed rail link between Detroit and Chicago. The job of upgrading train stations and improving tracks could create 10,000 jobs.

• UPPERMICHIGANSSOURCE.COM: Forest projects get stimulus funds
Ottawa, Hiawatha, and Huron-Manistee National Forests were awarded $695,000 from the Recovery Act for maintenance of recreation and administrative sites and trail bridge work.

• ASSOCIATED PRESS: Midwest governors form high-speed rail group
Midwest governors met in Chicago on Monday in a show of unity as they push for an eight-state, high-speed rail network -- agreeing to set up a group that will coordinate the states' bid for a share of $8 billion in federal stimulus cash for such projects.

• METRO DETROIT: Detroit, Dearborn police score big in stimulus
The city of Detroit will get more than $11 million to hire 50 officers, Dearborn will get more than $2 million to hire 10 officers and several other Metro Detroit municipalities will receive funding.

• DETROIT NEWS: Michigan bids for federal high-speed rail funds
Michigan, seven other Midwestern states and the city of Chicago signed a Midwest Regional Rail Initiative. Together, the states are seeking $3.2 billion dollars in stimulus money for the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative.

• KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Stimulus money starting to arrive in southwestern Michigan
Kalamazoo had received $79 million through the stimulus as of July 20, including $47 million for rebuilding the Westnedge Avenue interchange and widening two miles of I-94.

• WOOD-TV: Gov. Granholm visited Eaton Corp. to highlight the company's key role in a $45.4 million advanced-battery award
Michigan led the nation earlier this month with the announcement of 12 awards totaling more than $1.35 billion in federal Recovery Act grants for advanced-battery and electric-vehicle manufacturing and development.

• METRO DETROIT: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says a commitment to high-speed rail could create a thriving industry in the state.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says a commitment to high-speed rail could create a thriving industry in the state.

• WOOD-TV Video: Stimulus brings VP Joe Biden to K'zoo
The V.P. was joined on stage by Michigan US Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Lt. Gov. John Cherry, plus US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

• GRAND RAPIDS PRESS: Most of West Michigan's federal stimulus money flowing to road work
In West Michigan, this "stimulus" cash will be most apparent along local roads and highways. Many of them will get resurfaced, rebuilt and rebridged in the next two years. About $92 million will be spent on 55 street and highway projects in Kent County and eastern Ottawa County.