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 House Republican leadership says it will delay approving the creation of a statewide health insurance exchange, in part to await the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the health care reform law which mandates the creation of the exchanges.
Local and state officials are calling on the Michigan legislature to change the system for foreclosing on a property from its current foreclosure by advertisement system to one in which judges oversee the foreclosure process.
A pair of bills which would require public employers and contractors and subcontractors of public employers to register with and use the E-Verify system to ferret out undocumented workers were tabled by the Michigan House Commerce Committee on Wednesday.
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation which eliminates the state’s Michigan Business Tax and Surcharge, replacing it with a six percent tax on businesses. The tax package also included provisions to roll back the Earned Income Tax Credit, eliminate the college tax credit and other programs.
A West Michigan lawmaker introduced legislation Wednesday to eliminate the state’s controversial and oft-slammed Michigan Business Tax and its 21 percent surcharge.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is using her weekly radio address, released Friday, to ratchet up the pressure on the state senate to act on anti-bullying legislation. Legislation passed the Michigan House Thursday on a 76-29 vote. But it is now on its way to the Republican controlled state senate, which activists say has been the legislative [...]
LANSING — Violent sex offenders and those who perpetrate sex crimes against children but fail to register with the state registry should face felony charges, says Rep. Rick Jones, a Republican from Grand Ledge. And he says he is going to introduce legislation to make that happen.
A spokesperson for Gov. Jennifer Granholm Tuesday said Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland) was “wrong” when he characterized the freeze on the state’s anti-bullying legislation. In an interview with Michigan Messenger, Kuipers, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, said the legislation was stalled because lawmakers were having trouble defining bullying.
Landlords must notify tenants in writing within 10 days of becoming 90 days behind on mortgage payments — under a state house bill passed today — and rental agreements must specify that tenants will get at least 30 days notice before the house where they live is taken in a foreclosure process. The bill now [...]
It seems to me that Chris Matthews, in this clip from the MSNBC television show Hardball, is asking a legitimate question.
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