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 Mayor David Bing is preparing to lay off as many as 1,300 employees starting Friday.
Bing made the comment in an interview on WJR radio’s Ask the Mayor, reports MLive.com.
The newly minted mayor had asked Detroit’s unions to agree to a 10 percent cut in wages, as well as a reduction in benefits. But so far the unions have not agreed to the plan. Appointed officials will receive a 10 percent cut beginning Sept. 1, and Bing said he is prepared to ask the City Council to do the same thing.
If the city is unable to close the growing budget gap, Bing warns the city could end up in receivership
“If a financial manger came in here, everything is starting from square one,” Bing said last night on WJR’s Ask the Mayor with Lloyd Jackson.
Bing is expected to announce the lay off of some 300 employees Friday, and another 1,000 on Monday. The city currently employees nearly 13,000 people.
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