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.
Looking to shave shortfalls in the state budget, House Republicans are calling on 52,000 state employees to take a 5 percent pay cut as well as asking for a 5 percent cut to state departments.
The state government is spending $5 million more each business day than is being collected in tax revenue, according to GOP leaders.
The plan could meet some resistance, however, as many state employees are union members, which will necessitate negotiations with Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s administration. The governor, who has called for unspecified state employee concessions in the next budget year, did not seem receptive to cutting their pay 5 percent this fiscal year or next, according to The Associated Press (AP).
“State employees have made concessions. They’re taking home less this year than last,” Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd told the AP. “They’re paying more for their health care.”
(Chris Killian is a freelance journalist based in Kalamazoo and writes regularly for the Kalamazoo Gazette.)
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