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.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm reiterated her opposition to any further cuts in state education funding and again declared that she would veto any budget that included such cuts even if that results in a government shutdown. The Detroit News reports:
Granholm said at the Governor’s Education Summit: “I’ve made it clear to the Legislature there will be no more cuts in education this year.” She has said she’ll veto a budget that cuts school aid.
“I’m kind of itching for a fight. It’s a good way to go out,” she said.
I can only think that perhaps if she’d taken such a bold stand a year ago, last year’s cuts would never have happened.
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