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.
A new report from the Michigan League for Human Services contains some rather incredible figures on higher education in Michigan. In particular, the contrast between the drop in government aid to students and the cost of tuition is extraordinary.
Between the 2002 and 2010 academic years, non- inflation adjusted state aid to community colleges declined by 7 percent. During this same time period, the average tuition per credit hour at Michigan’s 28 community colleges increased by approximately 40 percent, from $54 a credit to $76 per credit.
The situation is similar for Michigan’s 15 public four- year institutions. State aid to four-year institutions and financial aid programs declined by almost 17 percent between 2002 and 2010. At the same time, in-state undergraduate tuition increased 88 percent and state aid for financial aid programs dropped 64 percent between 2009 and 2010 alone.
Michigan ranks an appalling 46th in state aid to public universities, while ranking 7th in terms of tuition increases. The report concludes that, “Michigan’s shortsighted cuts to higher education will have long-term negative effects. Falling appropriations and increasing tuition rates, coupled with high unemployment, are forcing more students into increasing amounts of education debt. All of this is happening at the same time that the need for education past high school is more important than at any time in recent history.”
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