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 first order of business for the Michigan House of Representatives this morning was to pass a continuing resolution that would keep the state government running for 30 days if a final resolution on a new budget can’t be reached by midnight tonight. The Senate passed such a resolution last Friday as well.
The House passed a 30-day continuation budget this morning as a fallback should the legislature fail to adopt a budget by today’s midnight deadline for a government shutdown.
The temporary spending plan passed 88-18. The Senate approved the continuation budget last week.
“This means we won’t shut down state government,” said Rep. Tim Melton, D-Auburn Hills.
But in fact, it does not necessarily mean that. Gov. Granholm would have to sign that continuing resolution, something she refused to do in 2007 before the state government shut down. She has not taken a public position this time on whether she would sign a continuing resolution.
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