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.
We all know these are tough economic times. But things are very bad when you cannot afford to buy toilet paper — and things are really that bad for Detroit Public Schools.
The Detroit News reported that Naomi Khalil, principal at DPS’ Academy of the Americas, sent a letter this week to parents of students asking them to donate items “that are of the utmost importance for proper school functioning and most importantly for student health and safety.” The list included light bulbs, trash bags, paper towel rolls and toilet paper.
In the letter Khalil said due to “budgetary constraints” the school could no longer provide these necessities.
This is not the only DPS site facing such dire needs. There have been reports of classrooms going without heat, lights or paper to write on. Michigan Messenger has also reported that toilet paper has been a scarcity at other schools in the DPS system.
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