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.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm officially rescinded the additional $127 per pupil cut in K-12 funding that she imposed in anticipation of flagging revenues after the annual January revenue estimating conference concluded that revenues should be stable for the rest of FY 2010. This move was expected after state budget officials said a few weeks ago that the short-term revenue forecast seemed to be avoiding the worst case scenarios after years of being lower than expected.
Local schools will certainly be pleased with this, but their relief may be short-lived. The revenue estimating conference also said that the School Aid Fund would likely be over $400 million short in 2011, which could force an additional $268 per pupil cut in state funding unless additional revenues are raised by the legislature.
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