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.
If you have business to do with one of Michigan’s state government agencies today, you’ll need to pick another day to do it. Today is a mandatory furlough day for most state workers so don’t expect a returned phone call or an open Secretary of State office until tomorrow. The state police, unemployment call centers and some public health-related jobs are exempt from the furlough and will be operating as normally today.
This is the second of six unpaid furlough days mandated by the governor as a cost-cutting measure. The next four will be every other Friday starting July 24th. The move is expected to save the state $22 million.
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