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.
With just over three weeks to finalize the FY 2011 budget, legislative leaders and the Granholm administration have reached a tentative — and broad — agreement on how to close a projected $484 million deficit. The Detroit News reports:
The deal, hammered out today between Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford Township, and State Budget Director Bob Emerson, would include a 3 percent cut in the budgets for all state departments, as proposed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
It also would include: a tax amnesty program; an early retirement program for state workers; changes to the state’s liquor laws, though details weren’t known Tuesday; changes to the state’s unclaimed property law, allowing the state to take possession of property earlier; and refinancing of some state bonds to take advantage of more favorable interest rates.
This is generally in line with a proposal by Gov. Granholm a few weeks ago, though she also proposed an additional $50 million cut for several departments on top of the 3 percent across-the-board cuts. More details are expected to be announced Wednesday.
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