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.
LANSING — During a meeting Friday morning, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees approved a measure to increase tuition by 5.2 percent this academic year and 4.9 percent the following academic year.
Next year’s increase could be reduced by 2 or 3 percent if the university receives federal stimulus money to offset the tuition hikes.
On Thursday, the University of Michigan Board of Regents increased tuition for undergraduates by 5.6 percent.
During its meeting, MSU trustees also agreed to increase financial aid offerings by 17 percent this academic year, and 13 percent next. At U-M, the regents OK’d an 11.7 percent increase in financial aid, something The Michigan Daily reports is the largest investment of its kind at the university.
MSU spokesman Terry Denbow told the Lansing State Journal that top administrators — those holding the titles of dean or vice president — will be required to donate any salary increases to scholarships of their choosing.
“In these difficult times, we believe that everyone is going to have to scale back in order to accommodate these difficult times. We do not support forced pay cuts but hope that our administrators will make appropriate decisions, including about their own pay rates,” Mitchell Rivard, president of the MSU College Democrats told Michigan Messenger.
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