Government
State's workforce down 20 percent in a decade
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By MATTHEW HALL
Capital News Service
LANSING – The number of state employees fell by more than 12,000 between 2002 and 2012, a drop of more than 20 percent, according to Civil Service Commission data. There were about 61,500 state employees in 2002, which fell to 47,800 in 2012. That excludes employees of the 15 public universities. The decrease occurred steadily through both Democratic and Republican administrations under Govs. John Engler, Jennifer Granholm and Rick Snyder.