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 Associated Press notes that lobbyists “could play a bigger role next year as an especially large class of freshmen lawmakers and a governor-elect with little previous political experience take office.”
Last year, lobbyists spent at least $32.1 million. Secretary of state figures show the state had 2,783 registered lobbyists last year, 500 more than in 1999.
Lobbyists say they play an important role in educating lawmakers on the issues and giving a voice to those affected by lawmakers’ actions.
This is one of the major drawbacks of term limits, they transfer a good deal of influence to lobbyists and bureaucrats because those folks are the only ones that stay around as new legislators come and go. Freshman legislators become reliant on them because they don’t have the time in office to develop their own expertise on any particular subject.
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