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.
Another Republican has endorsed the proposal by Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon, a Democrat, to combine the health plans for all public employees into a single pool. The leader of the Michigan Senate Republicans, Mike Bishop, is on board with the idea, according to the Detroit Free Press:
Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop said he has told House Speaker Andy Dillon he’ll do whatever he can to advance Dillon’s plan, which hasn’t been written yet as a bill. Others endorsing Dillon’s plan include Attorney General Mike Cox and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder, both of whom are seeking the Republican Party nomination for governor…
Bishop said that as a Republican, if he had made the proposal it would have been doused as anti-public employee. But coming from a Democratic leader gives it more weight.
Dillon “has raised the issue at exactly the right time,” Bishop said. “Over the long haul, this will save all the money” that Dillon “says it will.”
Later, Bishop added, “I’m proud of him for doing it.”
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, on the other hand, has already spoken out against the proposal, as has the Michigan Education Association.
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