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.
In “Take Your Poison: Hemlock Semiconductor Demands Costly New Subsidies From Michigan,” Jeff McCourt of Good Jobs First takes a critical look at a $357 million tax break for Hemlock Semiconductor, a joint venture of Dow Corning and two Japanese firms.
The tax break is tied to energy bills pending in the legislature and is intended to reduce energy costs for the silicone “wafer” manufacturing company.
McCourt writes:
Even in Michigan circles favoring lower business tax rates, the company-specific handout has had some critics. The Republican chair of the state Senate finance committee, Nancy Cassis, fears the credit could “put a hole in the state’s budget” and add to the burden of “all companies not as large as Hemlock Semiconductor that are the backbone of our communities.”
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