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.
Cash-strapped and facing 12-percent unemployment, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she is more than happy to accept any federal stimulus money that other states may turn down. “Michigan would like to be first in line,” Granholm wrote in a letter to Vice President Biden, who is in charge of implementing the recovery package.
In recent weeks, some Republican governors like South Carolina’s Mark Sanford, Alaska’s Sarah Palin and Texas’ Rick Perry have indicated they would not accept portions of the federal stimulus funding heading to their states.
On Friday, Sanford became the last governor to accept stimulus funding, $8 billion, but said he would continue to contest $700 million worth of education and law enforcement money.
South Carolina has the nation’s second-largest unemployment rate, following Michigan.
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