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 — At a 3 p.m. press availability, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to outline which budget items approved in the wee hours of the morning by state legislators are going to meet her line-time veto.
“Clearly, the governor is ready and likely to use her veto pen,” said Granholm spokeswoman Meghan Brown.
Under Michigan law, the governor has a line-item veto for certain parts of the budget. She cannot veto any item known as a “boilerplate agreement,” but she can reject any other budget provision. Granholm has said throughout the process she does not support the steep cuts to the K-12 budget, the elimination of the Michigan Promise scholarship and other provisions of a nearly $1.3 billion budget-cutting agreement reached weeks ago by House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester).
The state temporarily shut down early Thursday morning when legislators failed to pass a constitutionally required balanced budget. A temporary spending measure was approved by the legislature and signed by Granholm around 2:30 a.m. That temporary spending bill was created around the Dillon-Bishop budget agreement, meaning deep cuts in many program areas.
That measure expires on Oct. 31.
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