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 federal audit of Michigan’s Department of Corrections has slammed the state agency for overspending on medications.
The audit was particularly harsh in its review of the use of anti-psychotic medications, reports the Associated Press. The audit found that psychotropic medications accounted for $8 million in spending from January to July of 2010. That spending accounted for nearly 41 percent of all medication spending in the corrections system.
Auditors also took the state to task for its use of Seroquel, a name brand medication used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Seroquel, a treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was the most prescribed antipsychotic drug. Auditors said the Corrections Department could have saved more than $350,000 a month by switching just half of the prescriptions to Risperdal, a cheaper drug that is off patent and has generic rivals.
Russ Marlan, a spokesman for MDOC, says the state concurred with many of the auditor’s concerns and has since taken action to remedy concerns, including reducing the use of Seroquel, and opting or Risperdal. The report is particularly striking in that the department overspent its budget allocations by $46 million last fiscal year.
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