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.
As the legislature and Gov. Granholm work on a bill to reduce the salaries of all elected officials by 10%, the State Officers Compensation Commission has ordered some changes in the plan. In a ruling requested by Granholm, the SOCC said that the pay cut could not take effect until 2011 and that Supreme Court justices had to be exempted from the cut under the state constitution.
Gov. Granholm issued a statement about the SOCC ruling:
“I thank the State Officers Compensation Commission for today acting upon my request to lower the salaries of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and members of the state Legislature. At a time when we are asking state employees to sacrifice, yet again, it is only fair that we lead by example. While I am disappointed that the constitution prohibits the changes from taking effect until the next term begins January 2011, I am, again, reducing my salary by 10 percent, and I encourage others to voluntarily do the same.”
The Senate is expected to pass a bill requiring the pay cut soon. The House already voted on a non-binding resolution calling for such a cut by a vote of 108-1.
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