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 four top leaders from both parties in the state legislature participated in a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Michigan Society of Association Executives in Lansing on Tuesday and their comments make a showdown over the budget in September and October all but inevitable. The Detroit News reports:
The legislative leaders known as the “quadrant” — House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford Township, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, House Republican Leader Kevin Elsenheimer of Kewadin and Senate Democratic Leader Michael Prusi of Ishpeming — also agreed it will be difficult to pass a budget that does not include cuts to the K-12 budget, despite Granholm’s vow to veto any budget that includes additional school funding cuts.
They all rejected the notion of extending the sales tax to services, which is a cornerstone of Granholm’s proposed budget. Dillon again said he wants a “cuts only” budget to eliminate the anticipated $1.8 billion deficit for FY 2011, which is also what his Republican counterpart, Bishop, has been demanding.
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