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.
DETROIT — Some Board of Education members want a state investigation into how much the city owes the district in delinquent property taxes because the reported amount of debt has been inconsistent. The board’s finance committee voted for the investigation and the rest of the board will make the final decision on Thursday.
DETROIT — Detroit Public Schools’ Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb will keep control of district finances for an additional year, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced at an appearance with Bobb this morning. Bobb, appointed by Granholm in March to oversee the school district’s budget crisis, said he wants to use the extra time to create savings [...]
DETROIT — A series on investigative hearings commenced Thursday morning to shed light on questionable real estate contracts the Detroit Public Schools approved under former DPS CEO Kenneth Burnley. School district Inspector General John Bell, a former FBI agent, said there were real estate deals that used 1994 bond money in a way that “raised [...]
DETROIT — Mayor Dave Bing formally announced his support of a bond referendum to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot that seeks to tap 500.5 million in federal grants and loans in order to re-build and renovate 18 public schools according to the Detroit Free Press. At a joint press conference with Emergency Financial Manager [...]
DETROIT — Former NBA star Derrick Coleman, who was named as the replacement for Detroit Public School League Athletics Commissioner Lafayette Evans on Wednesday afternoon, will be paid $40,000 more than his predecessor did, the Detroit Free Press reports. Coleman has been Mayor Dave Bing’s longtime protégé and the move to name him leader of [...]
DETROIT — As November’s upcoming election approaches, the Board of Education is sparring with Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb over a ballot measure that seeks to tap $500.5 million in federal stimulus funds to modernize old schools and build new ones. Bobb, who proposed the Proposal S bond referendum, is scheduled to speak at a [...]
DETROIT — The debt-beleaguered Detroit Public School District has more property than it can develop. That’s why district leaders are seeking proposals for purchase of vacant property owned by the district. According to a press release 67 sites are listed and 100 additional vacant properties are available for purchase. Over the past four years the [...]
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb wants to close district middle schools and create k-8 learning schools in order to save money and improve test scores, according to a report published in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press. Although there is no timeline set for the changes yet, Bobb has already lined up someone to [...]
Over the past few months there has been a growing power struggle between the Detroit Public School Board of Education the district’s emergency financial manager Robert Bobb. This month the Board sued Bobb for hiring private academic consulting firms to work in the district without notifying board members. Also this month, the board promoted the [...]
It’s official. The Detroit Public Schools Board of Education, after two months of threats, filed a lawsuit against districts Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb for making a decision on academics without prior consultation with the Board. The Board filed the lawsuit against Bobb in the Wayne County Circuit Court Monday morning, the Detroit News reports.
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