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 Dave Bing met with city council challengers Thursday to start early in establishing a relationship between himself and the new incoming council candidates.
Since Bing is largely expected to win in November after getting more than 70 percent of the vote in the August primary, he has the advantage of getting to know who he will be working with next year.
The meeting had a high turnout, with 12 of the 13 challenging candidates in attendance. Bing used the time to let future council members know that his main goal in the upcoming year will be working to shrink the city’s $300 million budget deficit, the Detroit Free Press reports.
According to candidates who attended, the meeting went smoothly and helped challengers get an idea of the mayor’s agenda well before their first day in office.
One candidate who found the meeting informative said others shared his opinion.
“Everyone there was very receptive and pleased with the fact that he reached out to candidates – that’s fairly unprecedented,” Fred Elliot Hall told the Michigan Messenger. “[Bing’s] priority is to get Detroit’s fiscal house in order.”
At the meeting Bing said he believed unions will eventually see that cuts are inevitable and be willing to cede in negotiations for pay cuts. “[Bing] believes unions will get on board,” Hall said.
In calling this meeting Bing seems to be extending an olive branch to potential council members new to city hall to help mend a rift that had been growing between the mayor and city council members over the past couple of years since Ex-Mayor Kilpatrick was in office.
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