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.
Officials working in the State Emergency Operations Center and the Joint Information Center shut down their computers and headed out the door Wednesday evening, as the emergency command centers Gov. Jennifer Granholm partially activated on April 28 in response to the the threat of influenza AH1N1.
Ultimately, during the nine days of operation, Michigan saw eight confirmed cases of the virus and 47 probable cases. This morning, the Michigan Department of Community Health began performing direct confirmation testing in Lansing labs.
But a representative for the Michigan State Police, which runs the emergency operations and joint information center, said a total price tag for the partial activation was not yet known, and is likely never to be known.
The reason? The governor never declared a state of emergency, which means that no effort was made to track the costs to taxpayers for this partial activation.
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