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.
The budgetary problems of some Michigan municipalities and school districts justify anti-democratic measures, the GR Press argues today in an editorial supporting expansive new powers for state-appointed Emergency Managers.
In an editorial Tuesday, the Grand Rapids Press argued that the large amount of anonymous campaign spending in Michigan Supreme Court races and the increasingly partisan image of judges undermine public trust in an independent judiciary.
Following on the heels of reports that Enbridge’s Lakehead Line 6B, which burst in late July, has hundreds of anomalies, the Grand Rapids Press is calling for more transparency in pipeline inspections. The paper points out — correctly — that pipeline companies, whether oil or gas, conduct integrity monitoring on their lines, but are not [...]
Today the Grand Rapids Press joined the Detroit News in calling for more financial disclosure from groups that sponsor television issue ads. “Michigan’s current campaign finance laws are woefully inadequate in an age of unlimited corporate and union spending,“ the GR Press writes. “What’s needed is more disclosure, so citizens know exactly who is paying [...]
The Grand Rapids Press won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Wednesday against Coopersville Area Public Schools. The Press reports it sued the district to force the release of the monetary awards the district agreed to in settling a lawsuit over hazing incidents in the school.
In an editorial Tuesday celebrating Sunshine Week, the Grand Rapids Press editorial team has called for amendments to the state’s campaign finance rules to require disclosure on robocalls flooding the state. Current campaign laws do not require disclosure either on the calls or in campaign records filed with the Secretary of State’s office. But federal [...]
Grand Rapids-based Steelcase announced Tuesday that it will lay off 200 white-collar employees. The move comes as the office furniture maker released its first-quarter earnings report showing that while the company broke even, sales plunged 33 percent, according to The Grand Rapids Press. In addition to the white collar layoffs, company officials said “some smaller [...]
I’m sure everyone in Michigan has heard by now about the shooting of Grand Valley State University student Derek Copp last week during a raid on his apartment. The police say that they were serving a drug-related warrant, but have so far refused to say whether they found any drugs in the apartment or whether [...]
A major reorganization of Booth newspapers across the state will reduce staff at papers in Ann Arbor, Saginaw, Bay City, Flint, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Muskegon and Grand Rapids.
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