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.
Detroit Pubic Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts said today that he will impose a 10 percent wage cut on all school employees, a move he says will save the indebted school system $81 million this year.
The Detroit News reports that move marks the first time that an Emergency Manager has used the power of the state’s Emergency Manager law to modify the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
Keith Johnson, president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, which has 5,922 members, said the union will not accept Roberts’ plan.
“He gave us his notice, now I’m about to take the action I need to,” Johnson said this morning, declining to explain what that action will be.
Asked whether teachers would strike or not show up for school this fall or whether the union is considering legal action, Johnson refused to answer the question.
“At this point, I’m not going to say anything about what we are going to do. What he brought forth is not acceptable and will be not accepted by the DFT,” he said.
In 2009, the union gave $93 million in concessions for its contract that expires in June.
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