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.
Taxes on all tobacco products are set to rise Wednesday, with more hikes expected this year.
The federal tax on tobacco will be the highest in history after it’s raised 62 cents to $1.01 on a pack of cigarettes. The tax on loose tobacco, used to create homemade cigarettes, will rise $24 dollars from 78 cents per pound. Both hikes are aimed at funding an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program over the next four years.
Even after the federal tobacco tax hike, Michiganders can expect their loose tobacco, cigars and snuff and to cost more. Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s budget calls for doubling the tax on these tobacco items while leaving the tax on cigarettes, which is $2 per pack, as is. If Granholm’s tax increase is approved, taxes on non-cigarette tobacco would make up 64 percent of their wholesale prices.
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