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 Associated Press reports that those candidates for governor who were counting on matching funds from the State Campaign Fund to help their campaign are going to be sorely disappointed in the level of support they get. The money in that fund has been seriously depleted and there is little left over for the candidates:
Instead of getting up to $2 for every $1 they receive from small donors, candidates will get 26 cents per dollar this year.
State lawmakers took $7.2 million from the State Campaign Fund to balance the fiscal 2007 budget. Now the fund has $2.1 million to divide among candidates.
This could be a particular problem for Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who is polling at or near the top of the Republican candidates but has trailed in fund raising.
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