I caught this headline on DeadlineDetroit [from Bloomberg via Crain's - Such is the world of news aggregation that it ends up here!]

Here is a breath of spring for a wintery day....
Michigan led the way as payrolls grew in 34 states in January, a month before employment gains accelerated nationally.

Michigan led with a 26,500 increase in hiring, followed by Washington state with 24,100, according to figures Monday from the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington. The jobless rate climbed in 25 states and fell in eight.

Broad-based progress in employment even amid fiscal policy changes indicates that consumer spending, which makes up about 70 percent of the economy, may continue to help sustain the expansion. Payrolls grew by 236,000 workers in February, almost twice the 119,000 increase a month earlier, figures from the Labor Department showed this month.

By Michelle Jamrisko
Bloomberg News