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.
A new poll commissioned by the Detroit Free Press and WXYZ-TV shows mixed results on the package of budget cuts proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder, with voters rejecting the K-12 budget cuts but supporting the cuts in revenue sharing.
By a 51-43 percent margin, respondents were okay with the cuts to universities, but by a nearly 2/1 margin — 62 to 32 percent — they were opposed to cuts in K-12 funding.
And by a 59-29 percent margin, respondents favored the cuts in revenue sharing for local communities. But the question asked was rather odd and I’m guessing that minor changes in the form of the question would dramatically alter the result. For example, the question specifically noted that much of the revenue sharing went to Detroit, which might well provoke anti-Detroit animus on the part of some questioners.
And the question did not mention that the result of those cuts in revenue sharing will likely be cuts in fire and police protection in their community. If the question had mentioned that, I suspect the results would have changed significantly.
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