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.
Michigan House lawmakers passed an appropriations bill on Thursday aimed at combining the departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality.
Rep. Mike Lahti, a Democrat from Hancock who is the primary sponsor of the bill, said that combining the department’s facilities and administration could save the state up to $2 million dollars a year and he said that staff cuts are a possibility.
Officials at the DNR and DEQ were unavailable to comment on how the move could affect operations because state employees are on the first of six unpaid days off mandated by the governor as another cost saving measure.
Lahti expressed confidence that plan to combine the departments has support in the governor’s office and would be well received in the Senate.
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