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Granholm uses Plymouth visit to call for Senate to fix school funding

She may have been preaching to the choir when Gov. Jennifer Granholm sat with a roundtable of Plymouth-Canton school board members, local leaders and parents to talk about funding public education. Full Article at HometownLife.com

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  1. DETROIT - DECEMBER 7: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm gives a thumbs-up to the crowd of media and General Motors workers as she drives a new Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle to the stage at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant to a stage December 7, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
  2. The Michigan Senate watches a vote on a motion to adjourn with minutes remaining before a midnight deadline Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in Lansing, Mich.
  3. WIXOM, MI - SEPTEMBER 10: Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford talks with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm at an event at the abandoned Ford Wixom Assembly Plant September 10, 2009 in Wixom, Michigan.
  4. BIRMINGHAM, MI. - JUNE 26: Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, answers questions from the press after he announced that GE will open an advanced manufacturing technology and software center in Michigan during a press conference June 26, 2009 in Birmingham, Michigan.
  5. WASHINGTON - JUNE 24: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joseph Biden (2L), delivers remarks while meeting with Governors Jennifer Granholm (L) of Michigan, Jim Douglas of Vermont (2R) and Christine Gregoire (R) of Washington State to discuss health care in the Roosevelt...
  6. DEARBORN, MI. - JUNE 23: Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally (right), U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu (center), and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm wait for the start of an event where it was announced that the government, through the U.S. Department of Energy, will loan the company $5.9 bill...
  7. DETROIT - JUNE 16: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm sits on the panel of a Town Hall meeting on the topic of 'Vision for America' at the National Summit June 16, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
  8. ROMULUS, MI - JUNE 2: U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis (left), Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (center) and Ed Montgomery, Director of Recovery for Auto Workers and Communities for the Obama administration, listen to a speaker before taking a tour of the General Motors Romulus...
  9. DETROIT, MI - MAY 26: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Ed Montgomery, President Barack Obama's Director for Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, speak to the media as they attend a workshop on increasing accessibility for federal funds and loans for Michigan May 26, 2009 at SEMCOG (...

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