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 Benton Harbor/Twin Cities Chapter of the NAACP is worried that the state’s financial takeover of the city will result in the disenfranchisement of voters and a sell-off of city assets, the Herald-Palladium reports.
On Tuesday members of the group picketed outside an invitation-only meeting between emergency manager Joseph Harris and community representatives.
Rev. Edward Pinkney, president of the NAACP chapter, said that the city’s former leaders destroyed Benton Harbor’s finances while acting as puppets for the locally headquartered Whirlpool Corp.
Pinkney said City Manager Ronald Carter Jr., who was appointed Dec. 28, and a City Commission with three new commissioners elected in January were getting Benton Harbor’s fiscal house in order.
“Now (that) we have a check-and-balances system, they want to come in and take that away from us,” Pinkney said. “Nobody in their right mind would want somebody to come in and take over their government.”
Harris, a former Chief Financial Officer for the city of Detroit, is reportedly being paid $11,000 per month to rearrange the city’s finances. He has yet to hold a public meeting with residents.
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