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.
Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) slammed the GOP education budget Wednesday in a speech on the floor as the state Senate prepared to pass the contentious budget deal that cuts education funding significantly.
“It is a budget that robs our kid’s future. Taking 400 million out of a fund that was supposed to be set aside for K-12 education and spends it instead on tax cuts for business. Tax cuts without the promise of a single job or investment in the state of Michigan. Now, granted, you are robbing the school aid fund less than the governor proposed to. But it’s still wrong. You’re still cutting schools when they don’t need to be cut. There is a balance in the school aid fund. This is a cut of choice.”
Whitmer then pleaded with Republicans to vote no on the budget, as well as on the immediate effect vote. A budget bill must be approved, then provided an immediate effect vote in order for the budget to go into effect when the governor signs it.
You can see Whitmer’s speech here.
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