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.
The Detroit Federation of Teachers voted to approve a new contract that includes a very controversial provision forcing teachers to loan $10,000 of their pay over the next few months to the Detroit Public Schools without interest. That move, however, prompted a faction within the union to start a petition to recall the union president. The Detroit Free Press reports:
On the heels of the Detroit Federation of Teachers approving a contract agreement with Detroit Public Schools, an effort to oust the union president is heating up.
Union members said Saturday they’ve nearly collected the 1,000 signatures needed to force a revote on Keith Johnson — a driving force behind the contract, which requires most union members to defer $10,000 in pay and calls for wide-ranging school reforms.
The dissidents seeking Johnson’s ouster are angry over alleged irregularities in the voting process for the new contract and with what they all inappropriate language on the ballots seeking to sway the votes of union members in favor of the contract.
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