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.
DETROIT — A proposal to build a new railroad tunnel linking Michigan with Canada is making waves in a part of the city already grappling with the abandoned Michigan Central Station, the long-abandoned towering railroad station Detroit officials want torn down, historic preservations want to save and others see as a potential development opportunity and possible stop on an international high-speed rail line.
Paul Welday, the former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, is looking to avenge the 2008 defeat of his old boss at the hands of Democrat Gary Peters, who has been outpacing all his current Michigan colleagues in the House in fundraising for the critical 2010 elections.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s decision to cut millions from the state’s Medicaid budget will lead to an even greater loss in health care funding.
Granholm and the legislature agreed to cut $16 million from the Medicaid fund that reimburses hospitals and physicians for treating poor patients, or about 4 percent of the budget. But this cut will be multiplied by a concurrent reduction in federal Medicaid matching dollars: for each dollar the state spends on Medicaid, the federal government contributes $2.30, according to the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
Madison Heights School District Superintendent John Telford quit his job Monday night, saying he’s been pushed out by racist residents and school board members. Telford took over the red-ink drenched district in Oakland County in March as an interim superintendant and proposed recruiting students from Detroit to bring more per-pupil aid from the state to [...]
MADISON HEIGHTS — The local school district will not allow more children from outside its boundaries to attend school, ending a month-long controversy to bring Detroit students into the Oakland County suburb to help close a projected $1.5 million deficit next year.
Two of Michigan’s newly elected Democratic congressmen are wasting no time raising loads of money to protect themselves from Republican challenges in 2010. New filings with the Federal Election Commission show U.S. Reps. Gary Peters and Mark Schauer have raised more than any other House member from Michigan in the three-month old election cycle.
Loads of Detroiters protested the plan to close 23 Detroit public schools at a school board meeting Thursday night in Detroit. Most complained that worthwhile schools are being improperly targeted for closure.
Domino’s Pizza CEO David Brandon’s profile has been on the rise in recent weeks, which could presage his entry into the Republican field of 2010 gubernatorial candidates. Specifically, Brandon is already running advertisements and announcing an economic plan, without announcing himself a candidate. First, Brandon, who previously served as a University of Michigan regent, has [...]
The world’s largest sporting event may come to Michigan within the next decade. The U.S. bidding committee for the global soccer governing body, FIFA, sent three Michigan locations letters to say they are being considered to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
Tennessee could soon feel Michigan’s pain when it comes to automotive jobs, and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker is trying to stop it. Corker, a Republican freshman senator, has recently been arguing that General Motor’s Spring Hill plant should not be closed, even though it appears to be a likely member of the chopping block because [...]
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