That completed the Irish's two-week blitz of the Great Lakes State, combined with last week's 20-3 throttling of Michigan State.

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And while its fortunes are improving, the Great Lakes State is searching mightily for ideas to get its future on track.

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The Great Lakes state is the worst for retirees.

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The basin is a large depression in the surface of the land spanning from Minnesota to New York state and including the five Great Lakes: Michigan, Huron, Erie, Superior and Ontario.

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But until late last year, he resisted efforts for Right to Work legislation, which would be the first passed by a state in two decades, and the first in the industrial Great Lakes states.

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Those scenarios include development in both federal and state offshore areas, including along Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts as well as in Great Lakes and Hawaiian waters, the agency says.

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We very much look forward to working with our state and tribal partners, and all interested Americans, toward healthy and productive oceans, coasts and Great Lakes.

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