Today's Detroit News touches [1] on a theme we recently discussed [2]:
Michigan's unemployment rate in August hit a level not seen in nearly 14 years, as the stagnating job market spurred tens of thousands of working-age men and women to quit the state.
Take a look:

When is Michigan finally going to wake up and smell the coffee [3]"
Links:
[1] http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/BIZ/709200384
[2] http://www.nrtw.org/blog/michiganders-are-leaving-right-work-states
[3] http://www.nilrr.org/files/MIRTWstudy.pdf