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.
Amid a gloomy week for local media, the Lansing State Journal has completed 26 layoffs as part of a larger cut to the work force in media giant Gannett. Gannett has ordered a reduction of its payroll by 1,400 people, according to a story on the Lansing State Journal’s website. Two other employees had their hours reduced.
The Journal reports no reporters were laid off in this latest round of cut backs. The loss of reporters had some industry watchers worrying about institutional memory and the effectiveness of newspapers like the Journal to continue reporting news in context.
For those employees who lost their jobs at the Journal, Gannett has offered a transitional pay designed to supplement the 36 weeks of unemployment the employees will receive. In the past, Gannett has offered severance of one week’s pay for every year of service to the company.
Neither the Port Huron Times Herald nor the Battle Creek Enquirer, both Gannett-owned newspapers, have reported layoffs yet. The blog Gannett Blog continues to track the cuts across the country.
The Detroit Free Press, which is also owned by Gannett, was exempt from the cuts.
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