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.
A new report by a Michigan Supreme Court task force highlights a multi-billion dollar underground economy in the state of Michigan that results in lower tax revenues for the state and unpaid child support for kids and families.
Since the 2000 presidential election — in which a highly controversial Florida ballot recount was supervised by an overtly partisan Secretary of State — there has been increasing focus on the risks of partisan election administration.
Republican State Senator Patty Birkholz of Saugatuck Township says that she is “cautiously optimistic” that a bill she plans to introduce on Thursday will keep the state’s wetland program running for a few more years. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has called for the elimination of the program as a cost-savings measure, appropriations committees in the legislature have zeroed its budget, and the Department of Environmental Quality has prepared layoff notices for staff that work in wetland permitting.
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