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.
DETROIT—Less than a month after the Nov. 3 election, City Charter Revision Commissioners are getting to work on their three-year task of updating and revising the city’s governing document.
The nine-member commission was sworn in on Nov. 17 and held its first meeting on Monday. Commissioners are required to hold at least 90 meetings over the next three years and will be paid $50 per meeting.
One of the group’s major tasks will be revising significant portions of the charter in order to accommodate a charter amendment recently approved by voters that mandates city council members be elected by districts instead of at large beginning in 2013.
The group is holding its initial meetings at the Coleman Young Municipal Center downtown but after the new year begins, meetings will be held in neighborhoods throughout the city, according to The Michigan Citizen.
The next public meeting of the Charter Revision Commission is scheduled for Dec. 15.
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