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.
It’s Friday, the day that 113 bus drivers were slated for layoffs. But after bus riders protested the cuts by the hundreds, the layoff knife cut into other departments.
Mayor Dave Bing announced today in a statement that employees from various departments not including Fire, Police, Water, and DDOT received layoff notices today, according to the Detroit Free Press.
In the statement Bing attributed the layoffs to unsettled union negotiations. “Today is the day that I had hoped there would be some good news regarding union negotiations,” Bing wrote. “However, while there still remains much to be agreed upon, we continue to stare a fiscal crisis in the face.”
But this doesn’t mean bus drivers and riders can rest easy. The proposed option of halting Saturday evening bus routes and eliminating Sunday service could still go into effect according to Bing, but he said his administration is still working to determine how routes will change and which ones will be cut.
Bing, who is serving the remainder of Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term, is looking to shrink the city’s $300 million budget deficit with pay cuts and layoffs.
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