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 Detroit City Council has approved a resolution calling for a repeal of the law that allows the governor to appoint people to take over local governments.
Citing concerns about the potential for water contamination and associated economic problems for Michigan communities, the Detroit City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a ban on hydraulic fracturing.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is warning that the city could be taken over by an Emergency Manager if the city council does not approve his budget which includes $200 million in proposed cuts.
Leaders for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are responding to the Detroit City Council endorsement of Mayor Dave Bing’s plan to impose a 10 percent wage cut on union members through a series of furlough days, arguing that the cuts will diminish city services. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Detroit City Council voted 5-3 on Tuesday to approve Mayor Dave Bing’s plan to impose a 10 percent pay cut on city employees who are members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the city’s largest union. AFSCME represents about 1/4 of Detroit city employees. Most of the other employees [...]
Only a day after the public release of a state report that gives him the power to impose a contract including deep wage and benefit concessions on members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is moving to make that power a reality. The Detroit News reports:
For the third straight week, the Detroit City Council could not muster enough votes to take up the question of whether to put a referendum on the November ballot asking voters in the city whether they would support disbanding the school board and giving control of the Detroit Public Schools over to Mayor Dave Bing. [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who appointed Robert Bobb as the emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools, on Wednesday endorsed the idea of letting the people of Detroit vote on whether the school board should be disbanded and Mayor Dave Bing should be given control over the failing school system. The Detroit City Council is [...]
In a city accustomed to bare knuckles political fights, no issue is more divisive at the moment than the question of who should control the Detroit Public Schools. The city’s school board and emergency financial manager Robert Bobb have been busy suing each other in court, and now some are demanding that the entire board [...]
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has reached a compromised with a majority of the Detroit City Council on budget amendments that would allow the city to keep open 77 parks slated for closure due to steep cuts in funding. The Detroit News reports:
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