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.
DETROIT — Supporters of the city’s interim mayor held a Sunday afternoon protest in front of the campaign offices of his opponent in the May 5 special election, urging businessman Dave Bing to reveal the names of those he’s appointed to a crisis management team that would help him run the financially troubled city should he be elected.
Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. presented his budget proposal for fiscal year 2009/2010 to the Detroit City Council on Monday night and it included a loss of more than 840 city jobs. Those cuts, he said, would save the city $42 million. The job cuts would be accomplished by laying off 334 workers and not [...]
Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. will propose deep budget cuts during a meeting of the Detroit City Council on Monday night, cuts made necessary by a ballooning deficit and reduced revenue as the city finds itself taking the brunt of the economic downturn and auto industry woes.
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