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.
Livonia Republican Congressman Thaddeus McCotter has made his bid for the GOP nomination for president, but both organized labor and anti-union groups say they will be watching him closely.
Politicians and interest groups alike have recently taken to using Twitter and other social networking activities, but former Michigan Republican Party chairman Saul Anuzis and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich aren’t happy with one particular Twitter account. According to The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., the two conservative technophiles have threatened to sue an unnamed [...]
With the appointment of Mary Beth Maxwell of pro-labor organization American Rights at Work, former Michigan U.S. Rep. David Bonior, who is chairman of that organization, will be taking a larger role in lobbying his former colleagues in Congress on labor issues. Roll Call reports:
Former Michigan Republican party chair Saul Anuzis, who lost a recent bid to head the RNC, has been tapped by former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich to serve as the national chairman of a project devoted to defeating legislation to make it easier to form unions.
Thanks to Media Mouse for reporting that on Thursday the Republican-led Michigan Senate passed a resolution urging Michigan’s congressional delegation to vote against the federal Employee Free Choice Act which would make it easier to form labor unions.
While opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act will be well-funded, a strategy division, and the size of the Democrats’ majorities in Congress, are making life difficult for the anti-labor side of the debate.
Organized labor was under attack in Michigan with proposals aimed at busting unions and increased moves to privatize many services and send them to non-union employees at often lower wages and benefits. But the biggest news that had Michigan residents on edge was the contract negotiations between the Big 3 and the UAW. UAW and [...]
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