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.
When the Detroit City Council overrode Mayor Dave Bing’s veto of their budget because it contained more than $30 million more in cuts than he had requested in his proposed budget, the mayor warned them that those cuts would result in the closure of many city parks and recreation centers. On Thursday, the axe fell as the city announced that 77 parks would be closed to the public. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The 77 parks are scattered throughout the city, and include Palmer Park, Rouge Park and Historic Fort Wayne.
The parks were selected based on acreage and the level of maintenance and care required, according to a memo written by Brad Dick, the city’s General Services Department deputy director.
“Consideration was given to parks for non-closure based (on) community use and planned children’s programming,” Dick wrote.
It doesn’t help that the city of Detroit has lost tens of millions of dollars in state revenue sharing due to similar budget cuts at the state level.
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