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.
Chris Simmons, the vice mayor of the City of Battle Creek, has been on paid suspension since May from his post at the Department of Human Services, but officials decline to say why.
A report in the Friday Battle Creek Enquirer says officials indicated Simmons was on suspension while the department investigated allegations of “misconduct,” a catch phrase which could cover anything from sexual harassment to larceny and beyond. Simmons is provided the paid suspension during the investigation under his contract with the UAW and the state.
That has Ari Adler, spokesperson for Speaker of the House Jase Bolger (R-Marshall), unhappy.
“This is another example of government moving too slowly and public employees receiving a benefit not bestowed upon the vast majority of private-sector workers in Michigan,” Adler said in an email Thursday.
He continued: “Our position is that this matter needs to be cleared up as quickly as possible for the sake of Mr. Simmons, the department and taxpayers. A professional in the Department of Human Services has been getting paid not to work for three months and there’s no indication when this might end. That’s a discredit to the employee, a disservice to DHS clients and an affront to the taxpayers who are footing the bill.”
UAW officials declined to comment for the Enquirer story.
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