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.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Monday on a $115 billion bill that includes an unemployment benefit filing extension through November, an extension of heightened federal aid to states for Medicaid funding, and several other provisions. MLive.com reports that the Senate leaders hope to have the bill finished by the end of this week.
The bill would then have to be re-approved by the House. The Republicans are offering alternative legislation that would extend those provisions for only 30 days and pay for them through unspent stimulus funds. Reid says that is too short-term:
Reid also said that McConnell’s proposal did not provide a meaningful extension to the provisions.
“A 30-day extension doesn’t solve the problems we have,” he said, adding, “We have to have a legitimate program to extend these benefits into the future. Thirty days doesn’t do it. It just kicks the ball down the road.”
Of course, the Democrats’ bill also kicks the ball down the road, it just kicks it a few months further down the road. Ultimately, the problems with the Medicare doc-fix, state Medicaid funding, COBRA insurance and unemployment compensation require long-term, structural solutions.
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