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.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says that he supports allowing the children of undocumented residents to attend colleges at an in-state tuition rate.
The on again, off again recall election against Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) is heating up now that the courts have said the recall must proceed.
With significant cuts pushed through the GOP-controlled legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, many school boards are struggling to pass austere budgets to reflect the large gaps in state funding.
Democratic legislators held a series of press conferences this week to call on Gov. Rick Snyder and House and Senate Republicans to restore state funding to public education.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, before a joint session of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees this morning, unveiled a budget plan full of deep spending cuts and new taxes on seniors, the poor and the middle class to offset a business tax cut.
Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager of the troubled Detroit Public Schools, appeared this weekend on the NBC political show “Meet the Press.” The show was a kick off of a week of conversations and reports about the state of education in the U.S. Also appearing was Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Washington D.C. Schools [...]
At least two school districts in Michigan’s upper peninsula are not happy with a move by state lawmakers to shift a “surplus” of funds from the state’s School Aid Fund to the General Fund in a move to balance the budget, reports the Escanaba Daily Press. The move happened earlier this month when lawmakers approved, [...]
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is asking county commissioners to consider enacting an ordinance that would punish parents who miss parent-teacher conferences with up to three days in jail. She says that forcing parents to communicate with schools could reduce truancy and dropout rates and prevent violent acts by young people. The Associated Press reports [...]
With Michigan Speaker of the House Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) formally in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor, his rivals are questioning his recent statements about the creation of a cuts-only budget for the 2010-2011 budget.
LANSING — It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s drama nonetheless at the Capitol today. House Democrats held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. to vent their frustrations with Senate Republicans who walked away from a joint House-Senate conference committee last night. The committee has been working to hammer out compromise legislation meant to fulfill the requirements [...]
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