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.
In unsurprising news given the steady drumbeat of bad economic reports lately, the state’s unemployment rate took a big jump in July, up .4 percent to 10.9 percent. Total employment dropped by 30,000 jobs while the number of residents unemployed increased by 15,000.
The national unemployment rate stands at 9.1 percent but the trends are all in the wrong direction. And those figures only count those who are still receiving unemployment benefits, not those who have exhausted their benefits or given up finding a job.
You can see the full state employment report here.
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