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 Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s successful Pure Michigan advertising campaign may have to shut down.
Officials say the ongoing struggle over how and if to fund the advertisements have left the fund with just $5.4 million, the lowest funding level since 1995, reports the Business Review of West Michigan.
That running on fumes funding level could lead the MEDC’s Travel Michigan to pull the plug on the campaign altogether. Officials have said they have to have funding in place by March 25, or the program is dead for this year.
“At a time when Michigan businesses are already hurting, canceling this revenue-generating campaign would be a tragedy,” MEDC Chief Executive Officer Greg Main said.
The state Senate approved a measure that would give the program $9.5 million to spend, but the House has approved a program which would generate $13 million and direct an additional $7 million to the advertising program. The $13 million would be generated by a $2.50 per day fee on rental cars from airports. Senate Republicans, who have a majority, are opposed to the tax.
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