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Michigan Won't Use 'Pure Michigan' Logo in Right to Work Ads

Posted: 9:32 AM Feb 14, 2013
Reporter: Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan is halting the use of the "Pure Michigan" logo in ads touting the state's new right-to-work law.
A Michigan Economic Development Corp. official told lawmakers Thursday that the agency is re-evaluating the use of the award-winning tourism logo in economic development ads.
The state has been using the brand to market economic development for more than a year. But the decision to refer to the right-to-work law and Pure Michigan in a January ad in the Wall Street Journal struck a nerve with Democrats and others.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has denied knowledge of the ad before it ran and has said he wouldn't have emphasized right-to-work as much.