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.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will vote Monday evening on legislation extending unemployment benefits — a procedural vote that could clear the way for final passage as early as late Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just announced. The bill has been held up for weeks as party leaders have tangled over amendments, procedure and probably their picks in the World Series.
Monday’s cloture vote won’t pass the bill, but only ends the GOP filibuster, allowing the staging of the final vote. Senate rules dictate, however, that 30 hours must pass between the cloture vote and that on final passage — meaning that, absent a deal, the Senate can’t pass the bill much sooner than midnight on Tuesday.
Reid said the bill will include only two additional amendments: A tax credit for homebuyers, and a tax benefit allowing businesses to recoup taxes they paid in recent profitable years.
If an agreement is struck between the parties, all of this could change at any time.
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