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 Lansing State Journal, Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s hometown paper, published a blistering editorial Thursday about the mayor’s candidacy for governor.
Bernero and his team have relied heavily on attrition and job vacancies to shore up previous budgets. They also have won concessions – limited concessions – from some city unions. Still, the work ahead is daunting.
Ambrose and other City Hall employees can crunch the numbers, draft options and game-out scenarios, but the only people who can actually decide are the political leaders installed in the City Council and the mayor’s office.
If recent history is any guide, the budget process will produce plenty of rhetorical fireworks and some policy differences. Lansing needs a mayor to lead the debate.
It’s a full-time job. Bernero should stick to it.
No word yet from the Bernero camp about the editorial.
In the meantime, former State Treasurer Bob Bowman filed paperwork Thursday to create an exploratory committee for a possible bid for the Democratic nomination, reports MLive.com. Bowman actually lives in New York, but has a summer home in Michigan. He has been attractive to some Democrats because he is considered to be able to self-fund the race. That’s key for Democrats, considering their former shoe-in Lt. Gov. John Cherry dropped out of the race Jan. 5 citing fundraising problems.
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