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.
More fallout from the all-cuts budget passed by the legislature: Dozens of state police officers who were expected to be called back to work next week will stay on the sidelines while the government decides whether revenues will allow them to keep the troopers on the job long term. The Detroit News reports:
The 55 laid-off State Police troopers who were to return to work next week under terms of the recently passed budget have been told not to report until state officials get a better handle on tax collections, aides to Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday.
The administration hopes to decide in the next seven to 10 days how many troopers will return to work and when, said Liz Boyd, spokeswoman for Granholm.
In the meantime, treasury and budget officials will look at October revenues and determine whether the State Police budget can fund the callbacks.
“We want to be certain when we recall state troopers to the job we’re able to sustain them for the entire fiscal year,” Boyd said. “We don’t want to disrupt their lives any more than we have.
State tax revenues continue to decline, even relative to projections that took into account the tough economic times. If those revenues continue to fall below projections, Gov. Granholm will be forced to issue an executive order with additional budget cuts on top of the more than $1 billion in cuts already included in the new budget.
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