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 U.S. Department of Justice is expected to send a three page memo to federal prosecutors outlining Attorney General Eric Holder’s views on how cases involving medical marijuana should be handled. The Associated Press reports the memo will be sent to federal prosecutors in 14 states which have medical marijuana laws — including Michigan — [...]
LANSING — Shortly before 2 p.m. the Michigan Senate approved the budget for the Michigan Department of Community Health. The vote was 20-17. The budget cuts Medicaid payments to providers by eight percent, as well as chops programs such as pregnancy prevention. Democrats, who are in the minority, argued against the legislation saying it was [...]
Shortly after 11:45 am, the Michigan House began consideration of HB 4436, the conference committee budget bill for the Department of Community Health. This bill includes enormous cuts, particularly to Medicaid payment rates (nearly $300 million from that alone). There is an additional $326 million cut from a vast range of programs, including family planning [...]
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