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 Lansing State Journal is finishing up a three-day examination of corrections policy in the state of Michigan, taking the position that the state needs to reduce its prison population by roughly 17,000 inmates in order to save $500 million per year. Sunday’s edition noted that the state is already cutting the number of inmates [...]
Faced with a staggering decline in tax revenue due to the collapse of the auto industry and rising unemployment in other industries as well, the state Senate is preparing to make drastic cuts in Michigan’s programs to help students go to college. The Detroit News reports:
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