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.
Another bill as the session ends. But budget talks make everyone ask: when will it end?
Convicted stalkers on parole will soon wear ankle bracelets. The less than fashionable items will monitor their movements with GPS tracking.
Under a package of bills passed unanimously by the Michigan Senate Thursday, the stalkers would get the device before being released. The new law will also allow judges to order domestic violence suspects to wear the same GPS devices, which would allow authorities to monitor their movement and could send an alarm to victims if the accused abusers came near them.
The bills already have passed the House and now head to Governor Jennifer Granholm.
This is another one of many bills the governor is expected to sign when the legislative session ends for the summer, but just when that will happen is anybody’s guess. Lawmakers were supposed to recess Thursday night, but they are now in a rare Friday session, and some are predicting they all could be back under the dome next week. As is often the case at this time of year, they are dealing with the state budget for the next fiscal year which begins October 1.
Some $44 billion is in the spending plan and lawmakers must divide it up among the many state departments and programs.
While some parts of this budget are ready for the representatives to vote on, some stumbling blocks are holding up the votes. The biggest issues are monies for schools and health care. Lawmakers must decide how to allocate cash for public schools, universities. A plan on how and what to spend on health care for the poor was not finished as session began Friday morning.
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