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 a time of nearly universal partisan rancor, President Obama is receiving apparent support for the jobs plan he announced on national television last night from perhaps an unusual and unexpected source — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan.
A statement released by the White House this morning said:
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder offered the following thoughts regarding President Obama’s speech Thursday night:
“Tonight the president laid out a plan calling for many changes at the federal level that we have already made here in Michigan. … I urge our leaders in D.C. to continue to follow Michigan’s lead by balancing the budget, paying down long-term debt and saving for the future. Putting our fiscal house in order will make for a stronger economy and a stronger America. Michigan is fortunate to have Congressmen Dave Camp and Fred Upton working on these issues through the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
“Tonight the president called for key infrastructure projects that will boost our economy. We have a huge opportunity here in Michigan to build the New International Trade Crossing – a privately funded project that is vital to Michigan’s economic future. …Half of all jobs lost in the entire United States over the past decade were lost right here in Michigan. We are in a crisis, and cannot afford to waste time on unproductive political posturing and partisan fighting. It’s time to make the tough decisions needed to reinvent Michigan and reinvent the United States.”
Politico notes that Snyder is “taking a risk by praising this bill and it will be worth watching just how actively he supports it.”
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