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.
Robert Bobb, the financial manager brought in to get a handle on the massive budget problems facing the Detroit Public Schools, has begun consolidating administrative positions and doing away with many management positions. The Detroit News reports:
Detroit Public Schools officials on Wednesday began a massive downsizing of its top leaders in an effort to shore up a $306 million deficit and bring the district in line with others of similar size, according to Robert Bobb, the district’s emergency financial manager.
Among the cuts:
• Nearly 80 percent — 181 positions of 231 — of the district’s curriculum department will be laid off by the end of the month
• Eleven on the 21-member executive cabinet, including the police chief, chief of facilities and head of contracting and procurement will not have their contracts renewed. Some were terminated effective Wednesday.
• More than half the district’s assistant superintendents will be cut.
Unfortunately, these cuts will only save $16 million per year. The total deficit facing the system is more than $300 million. Bobb indicated that more cuts are on the way.
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