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.
The $218 per pupil cut in education spending approved yesterday by House and Senate budget negotiators will mean 6,300 layoffs, immediate increases in class size and disruption of the current school year, the Michigan Education Association warned today.
In a statement released this afternoon, MEA urged lawmakers to reject the proposed cuts which they say could reduce the number of Michigan teachers by 6 percent.
Fewer teachers would mean larger class sizes and a bigger burden to already overcrowded schools, the group said.
“These cuts would be devastating to our students – especially in the middle of the school year,” said MEA President Iris K. Salters. “If these layoffs came to pass, class sizes would skyrocket and students would cease to get the individual attention that is proven to lead to high-levels of student achievement.”
MEA said that students and the state’s economic future are being put at risk by legislators who have failed to complete budget work in a timely manner.
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