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.
In an interview on WJR AM 760 Tuesday morning, Michigan Attorney General and 2010 GOP gubernatorial hopeful Mike Cox said he believes that ultimately control of the Detroit Public Schools should rest in the office of the mayor.
“I think ultimately the mayor should run the Detroit Public Schools, because voters need somebody to be able to say to ‘You were given the charge. It was your authority,’” Cox is quoted as saying in a story by MLive.com reporter Jonathan Oosting.
School Boards are elected in the state of Michigan, and the Detroit Public Schools board is no exception.
Cox is throwing his hat behind a proposal Mayor David Bing has floated already.
In addition to throwing his weight behind Bing’s mayoral control of the schools, Cox also announced he would be representing Robert Bobb, the district’s emergency financial manager. Bobb was appointed to oversee the finances of the school by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
The Detroit Public Schools Board is suing Bobb, and in turn Bobb is suing the board. The board argues Bobb overstepped his authority when he made decisions which impacted academics, and Bobb argues the board overstepped its authority when it promoted an interim superintendent to the superintendent.
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