The states of the Northeast and West Coast and some of the Great Lakes states, known as "blue states", are relatively liberal.

As expected, a lot of time and money were lavished on the Great Lakes states, notably Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major league status.

The dispute has been raging for years in Great Lakes states.

A prolific, inedible European shellfish that stowed away on freighters has become a multimillion-dollar menace in three years, lawmakers from Great Lakes states say.

The states of the Old Northwest are also known as "Great Lakes states".

The governors of seven Great Lakes states signed an official agreement on February 26, 1989, to create the Great Lakes Protection Fund.

Not so fast, say some of the members of Congress who represent the traditional Great Lakes states.

After a relatively normal spring, the upper Great Lakes states turned chilly as well.

The Governors of some Great Lakes states, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, plan to announce today a $1 million project to test this process aboard a commercial ship.