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 state aid bill passed last month is beginning to distribute funds, with the Department of Education announcing yesterday that Michigan will receive $318 million in funds during the current school year to prevent teacher layoffs at the local school level. The Detroit Free Press reports:
“These education dollars will help Michigan keep thousands of teachers in the classroom working with our students this school year,” Duncan said in a news release.
The $10-billion education fund will support education jobs in the 2010-11 school year and be distributed to states by a formula based on population figures, according to the release. States then can distribute their funding to school districts.
Good news for the state’s school districts, still reeling from last year’s massive cuts in state aid, and for the Michigan economy.
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