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.
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.
Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Roy Roberts unveiled a plan today to address the state’s worst performing schools.
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 [...]
Public defender systems around the nation are not in good shape, but Michigan’s system is so underfunded and unguided that one study earlier this year called it a “constitutional crisis.” Michigan’s cases of failed public legal representation are so shocking that they caught the attention of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. In a speech to [...]
For the past two yeas, Detroit has been late to submit their annual audit to the state and thus has not received its bimonthly revenue sharing funds from the state. As state lawmakers create the budget for the upcoming year, revenue sharing risks being slashed. But will Detroit feel it right away? A bill passed [...]
DETROIT — At a time when Detroit risks running out of cash to pay workers, the city is missing out on the one million dollars in state revenue sharing funds it was slated to get this week because it has not filed an audit for the 2008 fiscal year. The audit that has been delinquent [...]
Michigan has struggled for years with an underfunded public defense system, but the recent economic downturn has sent what was a dismal situation into what some groups including the State Bar Association of Michigan are calling a “constitutional crisis.” A segment aired on NPR’s “All Things Considered” Monday evening used the Detroit area to exemplify [...]
DETROIT — With 167 candidates vying for a seat on city council, many are finding it hard to stand out from the crowd. Now that the city’s finances are running dry, candidates are often asked how they’ll manage a budget with a $300 million deficit while working to improve city services. Some of those candidates are coming up with answers that make their proposals a bit more memorable.
If Mitt Romney’s convictions are correct, it looks like Obama’s gonna win the election. On the warm evening of July 14, Romney told the 200 attendees at the grand opening of McCain’s Great Lakes Regional Headquarters: “I’m convinced that whoever wins the state of Michigan will be the next president of the United States.”
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