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 prominent labor activist is questioning why the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center, which has set up offices in 26 countries with the mission of “promoting democracy and freedom and respect for workers’ rights in global trade,” receives 95 percent of its budget from federal grants.
A report that Gov. Jennifer Granholm could be in line for the Labor Secretary position in the Obama administration was warmly received by Frank Wiechert, business manager for Pipe Fitters local 636 in Detroit. “I think she’d be great,“ he said. “She’s always been concerned about labor and knows about working families concerns in Michigan [...]
[Ed. note: We are pleased to welcome Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark Gaffney as our guest. There has been sustained pressure from groups like the Mackinaw Center for Public Policy to change Michigan's laws regulating unions; this is an opportunity for rebuttal.] We in Michigan are no strangers to bad economic news. Job loss due to [...]
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