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 Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to end the lifetime health insurance benefits that state legislators currently become eligible for after six years in office. Gov. Jennifer Granholm called for an end to those benefits in a speech last week and urged the Republican-led Senate to follow the House’s lead in doing so.
This issue is more symbolic than anything else. The state pays less than $5 million a year in benefits for retired legislators – or about 3 one-thousandths of a percent of the $1.8 billion deficit the state faces next year.
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