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 Michigan House of Representatives adjourned Thursday afternoon without taking up for a second time a resolution to overturn the Michigan Civil Service Commission decision to approve health benefits for unrelated adults living with state employees.
Resolution SCR9 was listed as an action item for the day under a calendar released by House Speaker Jase Bolger’s office. But in the end, the House ignored the resolution, passed a series of bills, shot through second reading on another bundle of bills and then adjourned until April 12.
Republicans had promised another vote on the resolution on Tuesday when they failed to garner enough votes to pass it. In order for the resolution to take effect a two-thirds majority of lawmakers must approve it. The Republicans have a 63 seat majority in the House, but needed 11 Democrats to cross party lines and vote for the resolution. On Tuesday, one Democrat actually crossed party lines and voted for the resolution, while another declined to vote at all. The rest of the Democratic caucus voted no, causing the vote to fail.
The same resolution has already cleared the Senate. If lawmakers in the House garner the necessary votes to pass the resolution by April 18, it will be the first time the legislature has overturned a MCSC decision in Michigan history.
Bolger spokesperson Ari Adler did not immediately return inquiries about why the resolution was not voted on.
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