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.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop met on Wednesday for an hour in an attempt to iron out their differences on the current budget standoff. The meeting solved nothing whatsoever, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Granholm said after the meeting that Bishop is unwilling to compromise on new revenues to restore the Michigan Promise scholarship program lawmakers eliminated and to better fund Medicaid, K-12 public schools and revenue sharing to cities.
Bishop said Senate Republicans are unwilling to vote for more taxes to increase spending beyond what the Legislature approved – a budget plan that slashes $1.2 billion in spending to help erase a $2.8-billion deficit.
Bishop is using a Senate procedural maneuver to delay sending Granholm the six budget bills lawmakers have approved for the new fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Without her signature on the bills, portions of the state operate on a temporary budget plan that expires Oct. 31. Granholm has signed other budget bills that are less contentious.
“If she chooses to veto anything we’ve sent her that was part of our bipartisan agreement, it will create a hole in the budget,” Bishop said. “And we don’t have an expectation of re-funding those holes.”
He added, “We let each other know very candidly where we stand.”
Which is as far apart as they have always stood. Don’t be surprised if the current 30-day continuing budget runs out without a deal for a balanced budget. Two weeks into overtime in this game and the score is still tied. The only sure losers are the people of Michigan.
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