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.
Facing a $300 million deficit and mounting pressure for the mayor’s office to take over running the entire school system, Detroit Public Schools will close 29 schools beginning this fall. AP reports:
The Detroit Public Schools will open next fall with 29 fewer schools as part of efforts by the district’s state-appointed emergency financial manager to cut into a budget deficit.
In addition, 40 other schools Robert Bobb said were “miserably failing” the troubled district’s students face restructuring.
Tuesday’s announcement featured some of Bobb’s strongest language since taking over the district’s finances in January.
“The fact is, we have over $300 million in deficit,” Bobb said during a news conference. “These are real dollars. There is a real financial crisis in the Detroit Public Schools.
“None of us want to see any of our schools closed. But at the end of the day, (if) we don’t bring this school district out of the financial deficit it finds itself in, we will do a significant disservice to every student, to every family in this school system.”
The closings will save about $14 million a year, not nearly enough to close the budget gap.
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