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.
Despite announcement of an agreement on tax reform measures, Gov. Rick Snyder and Republicans in the legislature are still at odds over how deeply to cut state spending on K-12 education.
AP reports:
A Republican-led Senate subcommittee voted Tuesday to cut state aid to public schools by $170 more per student, in addition to a $170 per student cut that’s already on the books.
The cut would not be as deep as the additional $300 per student reduction proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder in February.
The plan still has to be voted on by the Senate Appropriations Committee and the full Senate.
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