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.
Actions ordered by Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts before he took his oath of office are illegal, according to a lawsuit filed in the state court of appeals this week by labor activist and AFSME Council 25 representative Robert Davis.
All Detroit Public School students will get free breakfast, lunch and snacks this year as part of a U.S. Dept. of Agriculture program aimed at ensuring good nutrition in low income communities.
The union that represents Detroit Public School food service workers, bus attendants, and special education teaching assistants is preparing to sue over the 10 percent wage cut imposed by DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts.
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Roy Roberts is riding in the lap of luxury.
Three Detroit public school employee unions are challenging the constitutionality of the law that allowed DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts to break collective bargaining agreements and impose pay cuts last week.
Detroit Pubic Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts said today that he will impose a 10 percent wage cut on all school employees, a move he says will save the indebted school system $81 million this year.
In a radio interview in Detroit this morning Rev. Jesse Jackson reiterated his call for the U.S. Justice Dept. to intervene against Michigan’s Emergency Manager law.
As Detroit moves to turn more of its public schools into charter schools, a new study indicates that students at most of the city’s charter schools have lower scores than those in the public system.
A review of Detroit Public Schools finances for the last year shows that Emergency Manager Robert Bobb spent $1.6 million on travel and gave raises to consultants even as wages for teachers and other employees were cut.
When Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced an overhaul for Michigan’s failing schools yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan took to the stage to praise the initiative.
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