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.
Michigan will not be able to keep the Standish maximum security prison operating by housing inmates from California, because Golden State officials have decided they cannot afford to send prisoners to Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The 356-bed Standish prison is one of eight facilities that the Michigan Department of Corrections recently announced would close as part of plan to cut state expenditures.
Some lawmakers have suggested preserving jail-related employment by keeping some of the prisons open to house inmates from outside the state.
A plan to accept foreign terrorist detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has generated controversy.
Granholm told the Free Press that on Monday, California officials informed her that budget restraints would not allow the state to ship its prisoners to Michigan.
“I was very disappointed; the discussions we had were very constructive,” Granholm said at a news conference where she announced more commercial development tax breaks around the state. “I believe we will find another use for that facility, and keep those jobs in the area.”
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