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.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that Congress will get to work on passing an extension of unemployment benefits now that the August recess is over and lawmakers have returned to the nation’s capitol. The Detroit News reports:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today called an extension of jobless benefits “essential,” signaling the House of Representatives will act quickly to keep as many as 100,000 Michiganians from losing their benefits by the end of the year.
“The unemployment insurance is essential. We cannot let that run out,” Pelosi said in her weekly news conference.
“And that is on our agenda to be dealt with.”
The Obama administration has also said they want to pass an unemployment extension and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has also indicated that his chamber would take up the issue soon.
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