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.
With the GOP lawmakers and Attorney General raising concerns about the costs of the Michigan Civil Service Commission decision in January to grant health benefits to non-related adults and their dependents living with state employees, the experience of Michigan State University might actually be quite informative.
MSU has approximately 11,100 employees, according to MSU officials. That’s approximately 4,900 faculty and academic staff; approximately 6,200 support staff employees.
The university has 67 contracts extending benefits to “other eligible individuals” and their dependents. Those contracts cover 93 human beings. Providing those benefits costs approximately $370,000.
For those who are counting, the financial cost that Rep. Chuck Moss said makes it hard for GOP lawmakers to keep cash in the university kitty, a little math. According to MSU’s budget department, MSU spends $67 million on healthcare coverage for its employees. So, the total amount of that budgetary cost for other eligible individuals is .005 percent of the total healthcare coverage expenses for MSU.
Attorney General Bill Schuette filed suit last week challenging the partner benefits approval from January. In the meantime, last week Thursday, the Michigan House approved an education omnibus budget bill, which included a five percent cut to state funding for colleges and universities which continue to offer partner benefits.
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