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.
Labor unions have traditionally been one of the strongest and most consistent constituencies supporting the Democratic Party, but at least one state union is bucking that trend and supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder rather than the Democratic candidate, Virg Bernero. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The announcement by the 18,000-member Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights is expected to come during an 11:30 a.m. news conference at union headquarters in Detroit, after the annual Labor Day parade.
“We feel in this race, Rick Snyder is the best candidate to fix Michigan, and that’s what’s in the best interest of our membership,” Secretary-Treasurer Mike Jackson said in a news release.
Bernero still has overwhelming support from the labor unions. Most observers believe he won the primary against House Speaker Andy Dillon largely because of union support, particularly the UAW and AFL-CIO, which spent $2 million on campaign ads on Bernero’s behalf.
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