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.
More than a third of Michigan children live in households where no one has a stable, full-time job, according to the annual Kids Count survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
This year’s survey shows that only Kentucky and Mississippi have more kids in families where no parent is employed, the Detroit News reports.
The report also found the number of children living in poverty in Michigan grew by 64 percent over the past decade. An additional 75,000 children since 2000 fell into poverty, defined as households with annual incomes of about $22,000 with two parents with two children.
Those who work with poor families say that the economic conditions for children in Michigan are about to get worse.
The state Department of Human Services last week began notifying families that have been on welfare for more than five years they will soon lose their cash assistance because Michigan will no longer grant extensions to the federal time limit for benefits. The Legislature passed a 48-month limit, which has yet to be signed by Gov. Rick Snyder, that could take effect as early as Oct. 1.
Details of the survey are available from the Kids Count Data Center.
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