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 state House of Representatives easily passed the conference committee budget for the Department of Human Services shortly before 10:30 on Tuesday night. The vote was 69-39. That budget includes $55 million worth of cuts in grants for day care services, employment training programs, before and after school programs and the Strong Families/Safe Children program.
It also includes $15 million in cuts to state juvenile justice programs, including shutting down all of the state’s community juvenile justice centers.
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