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.
LANSING — About 20 people joined State Representative Joan Bauer (D-68th) this morning for her monthly Breakfast with Bauer event. During her confab with residents, the budget was the topic, and Bauer pulled no punches.
She told those gathered she expected a budget deal would include a small increase in income tax, sales tax on certain services and between $300 million and $400 million in cuts.
Bauer said she expects the state income tax will increase from 3.9% to 4.4% — still .2% less than democrats have been pushing for.
She said the senate-house conference committee has continued to meet privately with the governor to hammer out a deal and is “cautiously optimistic” a deal will be struck before Sunday at midnight when the state goes into a partial shut down.
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