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 Detroit Free Press on Thursday issued a blistering editorial calling on House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford) and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) to step away from their legislative leadership roles or quit their statewide partisan races.
Bishop is seeking the GOP nomination for Attorney General, while Dillon is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.
Here’s how the Free Press sums up its opinion of the two and their performances:
Dillon and Bishop like to say they have a good working relationship, but so far all they have to show for it is a bipartisan nothing-burger.
Each man has made notable efforts to jump-start the budget negotiation process. But neither has been able to rally his caucus behind what virtually everyone outside the Legislature agrees will be needed to fix Michigan’s structural budget imbalance: a combination of spending cuts and the elimination of loopholes that currently exempt much of Michigan’s economic activity from taxation.
Every day the standoff lingers is a day Michigan goes deeper into the hole. Taxpayers deserve a new legislative leadership team that is focused fully on the budgetary crisis at hand.
The partisan battles between the two legislative leaders have led to two government shut-downs and a current budget stand-off in the state legislature.
Both leaders have until Friday to withdraw from their respective races, if they choose to do so.
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