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.
In an astonishing development, the Democratic caucus in the U.S. House voted this afternoon to reject the compromise deal negotiated between President Obama and the Republican leadership to extend both federal unemployment benefits and the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
The House Democratic Caucus voted to oppose President Barack Obama’s tax plan, throwing into flux weeks of negotiations on an issue that has turned many congressional Democrats against the White House.
Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio offered a resolution in a closed Democratic caucus meeting Thursday morning that said Democrats would oppose the bill in its current form. It is a nonbinding measure but illustrates Democratic displeasure with the bill that extends upper-income tax cuts and offers what they consider a generous deal to Republicans on the estate tax.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she will stand by her caucus and will not bring the bill to the floor for a vote until there are changes made. If the bill were to come up for a vote it would likely pass with a majority of Republicans and a minority of Democrats voting for it.
It could be back to square one for the White House, which will delay the restart of federal unemployment benefits as well as delay work on other legislative priorities.
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