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.
Updated, May 13, 3:13 p.m.
LANSING — Later this afternoon, the Michigan House is set vote on and expected to approve carefully negotiated home foreclosure prevention legislation hammered out between House and Senate lawmakers. But lawmakers involved in the deal aren’t disclosing what’s in the bill until it’s introduced.
“The compromise legislation is very fragile,” Rep. Andy Coulouris, the Saginaw Democrat who chairs the House Banking and Financial Services Committee, told Michigan Messenger during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Although the compromise is delicate, he does expect it to pass the House and Senate.
Michigan Messenger reported last month that lawmakers involved in the negotiations were looking at state legislation passed in California as a possible model. Although Sen. Randy Richardville, a Monroe Republican, said at the time that “[i]n a nutshell, there is a list of criteria from California,” Coulouris said the committee wasn’t considering “any one model” and earlier this afternoon, refused to disclose any details about the legislation until it’s formally introduced and voted on.
A House Democratic press release on the vote did not give much detail as to the nature of the compromise legislation aside from it “will extend a 90-day lifeline to residents as risk of foreclosure who seek help” with their foreclosure situations.
The House has been set to vote on the compromise legislation at 1:30 p.m., but could be delayed depending on scheduling matters.
UPDATE: May 13, 2009, 3:13 p.m.
The legislation passed the House earlier this afternoon on a 94-14 vote.
With reporting from Michigan Messenger’s Todd A. Heywood
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