I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
According to the Associated Press, The Michigan State Fiscal Agency announced today the state would take in an estimated four percent less than originally projected in budget plans last year.
The Agency is estimating the state will take in $870 million less than economists estimated in May of 2007.
The state’s Senate Fiscal Agency estimated the state will take in $941 million less than economists estimated.
Heads of both state agencies and the State Treasurer will meet Friday in Lansing to determine how much revenue projections will have to be adjusted to compensate for the decline in revenue.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm and state legislators have already made budget cuts in anticipation of the declining revenue as the economic conditions in Michigan continue to sour.
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