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.
Battle lines are drawing as the state of Michigan considers a proposal to provide health insurance coverage to the non-married partners of state employees for both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships.
Nine months after state lawmakers and the governor approved an operational budget for the state, the Michigan Department of Corrections has turned back to the legislature to ask for more money.
House Democrats are expressing concern that Michigan Speaker of the House, Redford Township Democrat Andy Dillon, says he is working on developing a cuts only budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
LANSING — A top Republican in the Michigan House thinks reforms necessary for the state to qualify for millions of dollars in federal education cash are being hampered by “special interests.”
LANSING — As the state is bracing for the worst for the coming budget 2010-2011 year, many are also working to find answers.
In an interview with Michigan Messenger on Monday night, Rep. Joan Bauer, a Democrat from Lansing who serves on the Appropriations Committee, said the state has to look at long term tax reforms.
LANSING — State Rep. Rick Jones came out swinging Monday in an attempt to end a controversial lease agreement for a new Michigan State Police headquarters in the state capital, calling the project “a scheme,” and said if the state moves ahead with the lease agreement, the new building downtown will be “a monument to stupidity.”
In case you’ve been wondering how economic stimulus is getting off the ground in Michigan, here’s a partially constructed timeline reflecting the start of the economic stimulus process with a focus on Lansing: Oct. 30, 2009 — Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) sends an Urgent Legislative Alert informing county road commissions across the state of [...]
A memo sent at 4:58 p.m. on Jan. 20 from the office of Tim Hughes, Director Legislative Affairs Division for Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, shows the state started asking for economic stimulus projects from local governments via state legislators on that date. The Michigan Messenger ran a report earlier the same day noting the governor’s [...]
As reported by Michigan Messenger earlier today, Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans has asked Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to declare a state of emergency in Wayne County and issue a moratorium on home foreclosures. But Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd says it is not going to happen.
AP reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm has withdrawn her name from consideration for any post in the Obama administration:
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