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.
EAST LANSING– Michigan State University is carefully monitoring the state budget crisis, said spokesman Terry Denbow.
Denbow said the temporary shut down had no impact on MSU operations, but he said the continuing negotiations towards a settlement are being watched carefully.
“We need to send a message that research institutions are important,” Denbow said.
Denbow said an increase in state appropriations would be used to offset tuition increases.
“If we get more (money) than we thought we were getting we would bring tuition down. And if we got less we would have to raise tuition,” Denbow said.
MSU raised tuition by 9.6 percent this summer.
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