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 Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has released estimates of what each state would get if the House passes the Medicaid and school aid bill sent by the Senate tomorrow — and the numbers are higher than previous estimates made by Gov. Jennifer Granholm and by the Detroit News.
The previous estimates were for $300 million in Medicaid funding and $310 million in aid to schools to prevent teacher layoffs. But the CBPP puts the Medicaid figure at $380 million and the school aid at $318. All of these are estimates based on funding formulas, of course, but the higher the number the better for Michigan’s budget for FY 2011.
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