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 Senate Tuesday afternoon hopped the procedural hurdle to end debate on a $150 billion package that would renew a number of expiring tax breaks and extend access to emergency unemployment benefits.
The vote was 66 to 34, with eight Republicans voting in favor of the measure and one Democrat, Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, voting against.
Of note, the UI provision extends only the filing deadline (through December 2010) for existing jobless benefits, which can run up to 99 weeks in some states. It does not create another tier of federal help beyond the existing four-tier structure (though it does provide benefits retroactive to March 1, when the filing deadline came and went).
Today’s cloture vote means that debate before the final vote is limited to 30 hours, although the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said today that that vote could happen sooner (likely Wednesday).
After the bill passes the upper chamber, it moves to the House, where a number of Democrats are sure to object to the fact that the package isn’t offset by spending cuts elsewhere. It’s unclear how House leaders plan to approach the bill.
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