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.
LANSING – In a brief interview at the Capitol, Sen. Valde Garcia (R-Howell) told the Michigan Messenger that there would not be a shutdown of state government. When asked about similar assurances from legislative leaders mere hours before the shutdown in 2007, he said “well, they were wrong.” When asked how we know such assurances are not wrong now, he said, “It’s not gonna happen. There’s not going to be a shutdown.”
Garcia also said he will not support eliminating the Promise scholarship, but had advice for students in case the scholarships did get cut: “They (students) are going to have to do what they have to do if they want to stay in school.”
When asked why he voted on Friday for a continuing resolution that would eliminate the scholarship, Garcia said that he did so because he wanted to keep the budget process going, but reiterated that he did not support the elimination of the scholarship (Because of constitutional requirements, any continuing resolution had to be passed in the Senate by Friday in order for the House to be able to vote on it before time runs out on Wednesday).
It’s hard to imagine how the Promise scholarship can be kept without some revenue increase, but Garcia also said that he would not support any tax increase. “Two years ago I told the governor she could have one vote from me (for a tax increase),” he said. “She’s had that vote, now it’s time to cut.”
Todd A. Heywood contributed to this post from Lansing
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