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 city of Allen Park — like most municipalities in the state — is facing a budget deficit of nearly one million, and now the city’s administrator says the elected council will have to address the budget on their own.
On Tuesday, Allen Park’s City Council voted unanimously to issue lay off notices to the city’s entire fire fighting force. That, as could be expected, led to outrage among residents and unions, reports the Detroit Free Press.
Eric Waidelich, the city administrator, resigned over the weekend. He says he did so in order to allow the city council to focus on the budget crisis, and not be distracted:
“During these tough financial times, and with the challenges that the City faces ahead, I do not want my presence to inhibit the undivided attention that these issues require and deserve of its elected officials.”
Waidelich said that his children had been subjected to political questioning by adults in the community since the layoff vote Tuesday.
The city is facing a deficit because of declining property values, residents failing to pay taxes and unpaid emergency medical billing for ambulance runs.
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