Amy Lane of Crain's Detroit Business reports that the State Administrative Board gave final approval yesterday for up to $35.5 million in state tourism and business-marketing contracts. Farmington Hills-based DP & Co. LLC got a two-year, $19.5 million contract from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to promote Michigan as a destination for business growth and McCann Erickson Worldwide of Birmingham received the up to $16 million contract to handle marketing for Travel Michigan, the state's tourism-marketing agency. Republicans have questioned elements of the ad-contract review, as well as what they said are ties between DP & Co. and Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

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