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.
The Michigan State Senate on Wednesday voted 29 to 8 to allow voters to decide whether they want a constitutional amendment banning an increase on property taxes on homes whose values have declined, the Detroit News reports
The measure now heads to the Democratic-controlled House, where its future is uncertain. A supermajority – or two-thirds vote – would be needed to put the issue on the November 2010 ballot.
Although meant to provide relief to people who have lived in their homes for years and are seeing their property values decline for the first time, opponent of the measure – including the Michigan Municipal League – say the proposal would take an estimated $253 million a year away from local governments that are forced to cut back on such as public safety.
(Chris Killian is a freelance journalist based in Kalamazoo and writes regularly for the Kalamazoo Gazette.)
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