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.
Customers of the Beecher Metropolitan Water and Sewer District are facing rate increases, but they are not happy that records obtained by the Flint Journal show board members of the District have spent thousands of dollars for travel junkets.
The Flint Journal reports the five member board is under scrutiny, and being met with calls for investigations by Genesee County Prosecutor David Layton and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox by residents of the district.
According to travel records from the District, a public authority, Board members have racked up $150,000 in travel expenses since 2004. Among the costs uncovered by the Journal:
2008
• Trip for four board members to Atlanta, Ga.
Trip highlight: 9-day trip for a 5-day conference, including $335 dinner of Alaskan king crab and filet mignon. Conference registration included two spouses and three other guests
Total cost: $18,141• Trip for four board members to Kalamazoo
Highlight: $125 to attend a dinner at the Air Zoo, an annual banquet, and wine and chocolate tour
Total cost: $6,6702009
• Trip for five members to San Diego, Calif.
Highlight: Visit by two members to Sea World, $13,800 on hotels for a 19-day trip to a 4-day conference
Total cost: $36,000
According to the Journal, 30 percent of the residents served by the District live in poverty.
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