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.
For the first time in two years, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm is calling out the National Guard to help with cleanup and other actions in the wake of recent storms.
Granholm issued an executive order Monday activating the Michigan National Guard to assist jurisdictions operating under a state of emergency because of storms that swept the state earlier this month. The jurisdictions include the cities of Lansing and Saginaw and the counties of Allegan, Eaton and Mason.
“As emergency personnel struggle to protect citizens, we are providing them with the direct assistance they need to eliminate any risk to public safety that has resulted from the devastating storms that swept the state earlier this month,” Granholm said. “The Michigan National Guard is trained and ready to assist the communities and will begin doing so immediately.”
Under Executive Order 2008-9, the active units and individuals in the Michigan National Guard are authorized to help with various projects where there is a genuine issue of public safety. The National Guard is expected to provide assistance to the city of Lansing in removing debris that may be blocking line of sight at traffic intersections, blocking fire hydrants, or otherwise posing an unacceptable level of risk to public safety. Assistance to the other four communities may be made available depending upon assessment of the public safety risks and available resources.
Continued -On Friday, Governor Granholm declared a state of emergency in the five jurisdictions at the request of local officials. Those emergency declarations authorize the MSP Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division to coordinate all state efforts in preserving and acquiring state resources to assist with immediate threats to public health and safety related to the severe weather that began June 6.
Executive Orders 2008-4 through 2008-8 allow resources from all state departments to be deployed in local response efforts. Such resources include personnel from the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Michigan State Police, along with supplies, equipment, materials, or facilities from all state departments.
In addition to the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Department of Environmental Quality, and Department of Natural Resources are playing instrumental roles in assisting local officials. Other state agencies may provide assistance as resource needs are identified.
This is the first time Granholm has activated the National Guard since August 9, 2007, when she issued EO 2007-39 to provide local jurisdictions with assistance during the Sleeper Lake Fire in Luce County.
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