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.
Today, following a meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), President Obama is to announce a new jobs program aimed at training workers into growing industries. Skills for America’s Future will help to match community college curricula with the needs of hiring local companies. The New York Times reports:
The state Dept. of Labor and Economic Growth announced this week that federal funding cuts had forced it to scale back the No Worker Left Behind Program, which offers college tuition to help low-income and laid-off workers make a start in a new career field. Today the Detroit News reports that since the retraining program [...]
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