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.
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that nearly a quarter of Michigan children under five years of age now live in poverty, the Petoskey News-Review reports.
As the state moves to cut assistance programs in the 2010 budget, Bill Denemy, director of the Department of Human Services for Emmet and Charlevoix counties, is urging people to look out for their neighbors.
Denemy, whose office is deluged with assistance requests from the formerly middle class and those whose unemployment benefits are running out, told the Petoskey News-Review: “We have to get back to helping each other out. If you see a neighbor in need, take a moment and lend them a helping hand.”
In 2000, 10.1 percent of Michigan residents lived in poverty, the News-Review reports. By 2008, the overall poverty rate was 14.4 percent. Families of three with a household income of $17,000 and families of four making $22,000 are considered living below the poverty line in Michigan.
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