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 budget balancing plans of the Republican-led Michigan government contains many controversial items, but perhaps the most unpopular is bound to be the elimination of the Earned Income Tax Credit, which helps keep hundreds of thousands of state residents out of poverty.
A new poll shows that a whopping 70% of Michigan residents oppose eliminating the credit. Peter Luke reports:
The Feb. 12-17 survey of 600 registered voters found that 70 percent opposed ending the MEITC and using the proceeds to balance the budget. When told MEITC revenue would help finance the elimination of the Michigan Business Tax, opposition grew to 76 percent and came from across the political spectrum…
But Gilda Jacobs, president of the Michigan League of Human Services that commissioned the EPIC/MRA poll, said: “Political leaders who want to balance the budget and pay for business tax breaks by raising taxes on working families – most with children – are on the wrong side of the voters.”
Eric Schneidewind, president of AARP Michigan, noted that 78 percent of those over 50 opposed ending the EITC. “These are reliable voters, and we will make sure they know where their state lawmakers are standing.”
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