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.
Former Michigan Govs. Jim Blanchard and John Engler, long bitter rivals in state politics, appeared at a press conference before an event at the Michigan Political Leadership Program in Livonia and agreed that the referendum that placed term limits on elected officials in the state has been a very bad idea. The Detroit News reports:
The two reserved their harshest criticism for term limits, enacted by voters 16 years ago.
“I think term limits have been disastrous. I wish it was undone,” said Engler, who initially supported the constitutional amendment. He said issues such as Medicaid, school finance, transportation funding and corrections reforms are too complex for inexperienced elected officials to handle.
Blanchard added lawmakers “are not in Lansing long enough to build up relationships of trust.”
Both men are correct. Term limits have been a disaster that has only resulted in transferring power from elected officials to the bureaucracy and the lobbyists who are now the only people in Lansing with experience and institutional memory.
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter