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.
Leaders in the GOP dominated legislature say they are not surprised that the Michigan Education Association is backing a series of recalls targeting lawmakers.
The Grand Rapids reports on how a spokesperson for Speaker Jase Bolger characterized the announcement:
“The MEA has been running a clandestine war since the beginning of the year,” said Ari Adler, press secretary for House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall. “It’s not a surprise.”
And Adler was not the only high-ranking Republican spokesperson sounding off on the issue. Snyder Director of Communications Geralyn Lasher also weighed in.
“The same old, same old isn’t working for children in our classrooms when we have only 17 percent of students graduating high school college ready,” she said. “That’s unacceptable. We’ve been working to empower local schools and teachers. The MEA has an agenda, and not all of its membership agrees with it on some of these issues.”
Doug Pratt, director of public affairs for MEA, told the Press the union is targeting “out of touch” lawmakers to “hold them accountable.” He declined to say which recalls the organization would back — there are at least 16 recall petitions that have been approved across the state, as well as a recall petition targeting Gov. Rick Snyder.
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