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.
In a recently released report by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, a DC-based national policy resource center, Michigan received an “F” grade for transparency when it comes to releasing information about the financial incentives given to corporations in the name of economic development.
Good Jobs First evaluated the quality and quantity of state government online information about economic development subsidies and rated state web sites on ease of searching, level of detail, scope of coverage and currency of data. Michigan tied with Kansas for 36th place.
Economic development subsidies are controversial, the report stated, because money sometimes goes to companies that don’t need it and companies may fail to create good jobs. Corporate subsidies may also create a competitive disadvantage for existing companies and budget shortfalls for local units of government that result in cuts, often to education, the report stated.
Good Jobs First recommends that states disclose information about company track records on environmental, workplace and consumer protection issues as well as information about the outcomes when companies are granted subsidies.
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