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 — The state government, Michigan State University and the city of Lansing could all partner in a reimagined use of the State Historical Library in the capital city. The plan, in the early discussion phase, would move significant amounts of the state’s historical and library holdings to the MSU campus in East Lansing, freeing up space in the multi-story, 20-year-old downtown building.
Operating the building and the museum costs the state $9.1 million a year.
According to a report in the Lansing State Journal, the freed-up space could be used to house a new innovation center for science- and technology-based businesses, and potentially a small high school of up to 500 students.
All of this comes as Gov. Jennifer Granholm is trying to find ways to cut costs to fill an estimated $1.7-billion budget shortfall. The governor recently announced a plan to dismantle the Department of History, Arts and Libraries, with various functions being reassigned to other departments in the state government.
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