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.
Volunteers for the Detroit Public School system are touring the city and surrounding suburbs in a mobile enrollment vehicle in hopes of boosting enrollment in the city’s schools before the school year begins.
A recent study by Excellent Schools Detroit, a coalition that includes the Detroit Public Schools, found that about 90 percent of the schools scored below the state average on student achievement indicators, the Detroit News reports.
Now, the city is trying to drive up enrollment with promises of new reading, math and foreign language classes, school building improvements and enhanced security measures.
“Last year we watched as charter schools recruited and suburban districts brought buses to our neighborhoods to pick up our students and transport them to schools far from their homes,” Robert Bobb, emergency financial manager of Detroit Public Schools said. “This year we are on the offensive. We will take our campaign straight to those corners near charters and suburban schools’ bus stops because we know DPS offers the better educational option for those children.”
DPS spokesman Steven Wasko told the Detroit Free Press that the school district has signed up about 375 students through the enrollment outreach campaign.
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