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.
Protesting emergency service workers in Detroit warned today that layoffs slated for Thursday could leave the city with just 13-15 functioning ambulances.
The Detroit News reports that under the budget that is set to take effect July 1, 33 EMS workers and 100 city police will lose their jobs, public services including childhood immunization will be cut and 77 city parks will be closed.
“The city deserves to hear the sounds of sirens,” yelled Wisam Zeineh, president of the Detroit Emergency Medical Services Association, through a bull horn outside the headquarters on West Larned. “You have destroyed the lives of the citizens. The blood of the city is on your hands.”
Zeineh said Detroit should have 35-45 ambulances in operation at any time. Today, there are about 17 or 18, not including disabled ambulances. With the layoffs, he expects 13 to 15 will be ready at any time for the city’s 900,000 residents. Police officers have been told to get ready to start transporting injured residents from crime scenes to hospitals, EMS workers said.
The Detroit City Council and Mayor Dave Bing remain at odds over the budget for the new fiscal year which is set to begin next week, though City Council President Charles Push has said that amendments to the budget are still possible.
Union officials are criticizing Detroit Mayor Dave Bing for moving to cut public safety services rather than trim administrative fat.
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