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.
Tomorrow’s meeting of the Detroit City Council offers another opportunity for the city to chip away at the estimated $300 million budget deficit. This time employee benefits are set to be scaled back, according to a story in today’s Detroit Free Press.
Specifically, new polices set for a vote will require employees to purchase generic drugs whenever possible as part of their city-sponsored health insurance, and the city’s tuition reimbursement program would be suspended until 2012. Also, one-hour paid lunches for city workers would be eliminated under the proposal.
These reductions — estimated to save the city more than $15 million in recurring expenses — are on top of the 10 percent pay cuts via 26 unpaid furlough days that most of the city’s unions have already grudgingly accepted.
The story notes that only half of the city’s 50 local unions have already accepted the benefit reductions. That second half, of course, will likely prove harder to convince.
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