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.
DETROIT—According to Mayor Dave Bing’s top administrator Charles Beckham, 113 bus drivers will be laid off on Friday. Among them are the drivers booked for weekend routes. With the city bus system 113 drivers short, city officials are still have not decided how the schedules will change.
At a special city council meeting on Tuesday focused on proposed budget cuts, Councilwoman Brenda Jones addressed the bus layoffs, pointing out that the bus system could not lose more than 100 drivers and keep operating as usual. Jones asked Beckham at the meeting what changes bus riders could expect over the weekend.
Beckham could not answer her question.
“The service is going to be affected,” he told Jones, “We have a schedule that is being discussed. We have no way of saying what it is.”
Beckham said the administration is working hard to find ways not to eliminate weekend service.
During the meeting Councilman Kwame Kenyatta called Beckham the acting Mayor, noting that Bing has not been visible at discussions surrounding the cuts and most of the decisions have been voiced by Beckham.
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