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.
Mike Nofs won Mark Schauer’s old seat in the Michigan Senate last night, which extends the Republican majority in the Senate from 20-17 to 21-17. This changes little in terms of the odds that the Senate will approve new revenue bills, however, because the number of Republicans required to vote for such a bill remains two.
If two Republican Senators change sides to vote for such a bill, that would leave a 19-19 tie. Because a tie would be broken by the vote of Lt. Gov. John Cherry, the Democrats would presumably still win such a battle. The legislature has until Nov. 21 to find new revenues to reverse the deepest cuts in K-12 funding.
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