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.
When the Detroit City Council overrode Mayor Dave Bing’s veto of their budget because it contained more than $30 million more in cuts than he had requested in his proposed budget, the mayor warned them that those cuts would result in the closure of many city parks and recreation centers. On Thursday, the axe fell [...]
The Detroit City Council on Wednesday approved a ballot measure for the November election which would legalize marijuana possession in the city. Last month the Coalition for a Safer Detroit turned in 6,100 petition signatures calling for a change in the law. Under the proposal, it would be legal to possess up to one ounce [...]
By a 7-2 vote, the Detroit City Council on Friday overrode Mayor Dave Bing’s veto of their proposed budget, passing into law a budget that cuts an additional $32 million on top of the $101 million that Bing’s budget would have cut. Bing had warned in his veto that those additional cuts would result in [...]
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, saying that the Detroit City Council went too far in cutting the city budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, vetoed the council’s proposed budget. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Detroit City Council faces a similar situation to other cities around the state — deep cuts in state revenue sharing last year and probably next year as well, but compounded by a huge budget deficit as well — and is having to make cuts to the one area of the budget that had always [...]
The Detroit City Council voted to establish and finance a new unit to work with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office to review cases involving the Detroit Crime Lab, which was closed down in 2008 after an audit found a shockingly high error rate in its testing. This is a difficult thing for the cash-strapped city [...]
Tomorrow’s meeting of the Detroit City Council offers another opportunity for the city to chip away at the estimated $300 million budget deficit. This time employee benefits are set to be scaled back, according to a story in today’s Detroit Free Press. Specifically, new polices set for a vote will require employees to purchase generic [...]
DETROIT — In front of a packed Fox Theater crowd in downtown Detroit, Mayor Dave Bing formally took the oath of office for a full four-year term and in his inaugural address declared “a new day” in the economically battered city.
The new Detroit City Council, with five newly elected members, had its first official meeting on Tuesday, making assignments to several key city boards on which councilors sit and considering a measure that would cut their own pay — and that of Mayor Bing and the city clerk. The Detroit News reports:
FERNDALE — At a hearing to discuss national HIV/AIDS policy on Wednesday, incoming Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh said that the Motor City, which has recorded infection rates as high as those in hard-hit Uganda, needs more money to combat the “crisis” that is eating away at the city. Pugh pledged to be a “noisy voice” for those who lack political access and are battling the disease.
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