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.
While the Republican-led Senate wants to cut $140 million out of the state budget in order to make up for a shortfall in revenue by eliminating the Michigan Promise scholarships and other forms of college tuition support, Gov. Jennifer Granholm opposes such cuts. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said today she’s giving a failing grade to some Republican senators’ move to eliminate the Michigan Promise Scholarship for college students.
“It will not stand,” she told reporters after addressing a “Cities of Promise” conference at Michigan State University…
“We cannot eliminate the scholarships if we are to reconfigure our state economy and to get to our goal,” she said.
She added it would be unfair to end the scholarship now because parents of eligible students already are counting on getting the money this fall. About 96,000 students are expected to get a share of the funds.
But remember, the state constitution requires a balanced budget and revenues for the next fiscal year, which begins in October, are likely to be more than a billion dollars lower than projected. The cuts have to come from somewhere. Gov. Granholm is in negotiations with the legislature on how to make up that shortfall and it sounds like those talks may get testy soon.
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