page_title: 1980 in Michigan
section_title: State office holders
hierarchical_section_title: 1980 in Michigan / Office holders / State office holders
caption_attribution_description: English: 50th Michigan Attorney General
context_page_description: Events from the year 1980 in Michigan.
  The Associated Press selected the top Michigan news stories in Michigan as follows:
  Record losses by the Big Three automakers and layoffs of 190,000 workers by year's end and production falling below the Japanese auto makers for the first time in history;
  Economic downturn in Michigan resulting in layoffs of state employees, increases in welfare rolls, and reductions in state services;
  A radical tax-cutting proposal from Shiawassee County Drain Commissioner Robert Tisch, known as the Tisch Amendment, was defeated in the November general election;
  Chrysler Corporation's struggle to avoid bankruptcy, including $1.47 billion in losses in the first nine months, the introduction of the K car, and its pursuit of additional federal loan guarantees;
  The 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit nominating Ronald Reagan as its Presidential nominee;
  The 1980 Kalamazoo tornado of May 13 that killed five persons and injured 80;
  A compromise over oil drilling in the Pigeon River Country State Forest with new drilling to be permitted in the forest, but under heightened environmental safeguards;
context_section_description: Governor of Michigan: William Milliken (Republican)
  Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: James H. Brickley (Republican)
  Michigan Attorney General: Frank J. Kelley (Democrat)
  Michigan Secretary of State: Richard H. Austin (Democrat)
  Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Bobby Crim (Democrat)
  Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate: William Faust (Democrat)
  Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Mary S. Coleman
caption: Frank J. Kelley
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