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.
The Service Employees International Union Healthcare filed a legal complaint late yesterday with the Michigan Department of Community Health to stop a possible buyout by the hedge fund Carlyle Group of 28 Michigan nursing homes. The 28 homes are currently owned by Manor Care, which also owns homes in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
But a spokesman for the MDCH said the complaint was premature.
“I don’t know how much power that filing has because we have not made a decision (about who will get the licenses),” said James McCurtis, spokesman for the MDCH.
McCurtis could not immediately confirm how many other companies had applied for the Manor Care licenses.
“We’re concerned that The Carlyle Group and Manor Care are attempting to rush this deal through under the cover of night before a full investigation is completed,” said Rickman Jackson, president of SEIU Healthcare Michigan. “Serious concerns are out there about a private equity firm running Michigan’s largest nursing home chain, and we are urging state regulators to do their due diligence and inspect this deal closely before it’s too late.”
The state House began hearings into the takeover on December 6.
The union represents more than 55,000 healthcare workers statewide.
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