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. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has some sharp words for fellow Republican Senators regarding the battle over unemployment extensions.
In a letter to the American Chronicle posted Monday, Stabenow accuses her GOP colleagues of failing to “understand what’s happening in the real world.”
This week, we finally passed a long-overdue extension of those unemployment benefits. Sadly, Senate Republicans held the bill up for almost three months – and in that time, benefits were cut for 2.5 million Americans. That’s why I worked hard to make sure the bill was retroactive – people in Michigan who have lost their jobs shouldn’t be punished because politicians in Washington don’t understand what’s happening in the real world.
She then goes on to explain why she has introduced legislation to help the so-called 99ers — workers who have been unemployed the longest.
“I wish that the bill we passed helped those who have been looking for work the longest – the so-called “99ers.” I’m working on a bill to help them because, when there are five people out of work for every one job opening, it’s the right thing to do.”
The extension has been a tough battle in both chambers of Congress, with Republicans demanding that the bill be revenue neutral. In other words, they want the bill to pay for itself while not adding to the national debt. At the same time, the GOP is pushing for a reauthorization for the Bush tax cuts which reduced taxes for the nation’s wealthiest residents.
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