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 bill that would allow people to vote in person on the Friday, Saturday and Monday before Election Day passed the state house today.
If the bill passes the state senate and is signed into law, Michigan will join 31 states that already allow some form of early voting.
“Allowing more people to vote in advance will cut down on problems on Election Day, such as the long waiting times we saw in some places on November 4,” Democratic Rep. Aldo Vagnozzi of Farmington Hills said in a statement, “Making the voting process smoother will increase the number of people who participate in making important decisions that affect all of us -– and that will make our democracy and our state that much stronger.”
The Secretary of State’s office has indicated support for early voting, the Detroit News reports, though state Elections Director Chris Thomas has said the bill needs work on logistics.
The Michigan Townships Association has objected to the measure as an unfunded mandate on local units of government.
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