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.
A state circuit court judge has overruled a unilateral decision by Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano last year to cut the wages of public employees by 20 percent across the board.
Ficano imposed the cuts in December 2010 after failed negotiations with four American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees locals, representing nearly 2,000 county employees.
Wayne County Circuit Judge John A. Murphy ruled Thursday the pay cut wasn’t valid because Ficano never got the Wayne County Commission’s approval, according to Al Garrett, AFSCME Council 25 president.
“We think he ought to follow the law and reinstate the wages,” Garrett said. “We have people barely making it with this 20 percent cut.”
Ficano says he will appeal the ruling.
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