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 administration of Gov. Rick Snyder, responding to weeks of pressure from various groups, announced Tuesday morning that instead of eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit — as originally proposed in February — it would be kept at a six percent of the federal credit.
That’s a reduction of 14 percent, dropping the payout from state coffers from $360 million to $108 million, reports the Detroit Free Press. The proposal replaces an earlier attempt at compromise which would have awarded low income families $25 per child in tax credits.
The new proposal was announced by Lt. Gov. Brian Calley.
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