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 Detroit City Council passed a 10% pay cut for all non-union workers by a 4-3 vote today, which will be implemented through the use of 26 furlough days of unpaid leave. And this may only be the beginning of cuts for union employees as well. Crain’s Detroit Business reports:
The cut proposed by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing in response to a growing budget deficit, could have saved the city $7 million had it been implemented at the July 1 start of the fiscal year.
Bing has asked the city’s labor unions for a host of similar concessions. Last week, the mayor said he’d give the unions roughly 30 days to respond.
The city is facing a deficit around $300 million. Mayor Bing said last week that the city is in such dire straights financially that bankruptcy is a serious possibility.
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