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55 MSP Troopers Rehired
Nov 5, 2009
Metro Desk

      Fifty-five laid-off Michigan State Police troopers will return to work starting November 16th.

     Governor Granholm says a review by the state budget director determined there is enough revenue to support the decision.

     “When you call somebody back… you keep them back and that they are not a ping pong ball tossed back and forth. And so, the ones that will be called back our projections are… our expectation is they will keep their jobs.”

     The state laid-off 100 troopers in early July because of the budget crisis.

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