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.
The Obama administration today announced more than $34 million in grants to keep 160 police officers on the streets in Michigan. The funding will provide 100 percent the salary and benefits for the officers for three years.
From a White House press release, Vice President Joe Biden had this to say about the awards:
“A big part of the Recovery Act is about building communities – making them as strong as they can be, allowing every American family to live a better life than the one they are leading now. And we can’t achieve the goal of stronger communities without supporting those who keep our streets safe.”
Under the program, Detroit received funding for 50 officers, the City of Kalamazoo and the City of Dearborn both received funding for 10 officers, Grand Rapids got funding for nine officers and Flint got funding for eight officers. A complete list of cities receiving funding, and how much funding they will receive can be found here.
The Michigan State Police did not receive any funds, even though they laid off 100 troopers earlier this summer. The lay offs have been part of a controversy over the consolidation of services to a new downtown Lansing building for the MSP.
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