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 — Detroit Public Schools’ Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb will keep control of district finances for an additional year, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced at an appearance with Bobb this morning. Bobb, appointed by Granholm in March to oversee the school district’s budget crisis, said he wants to use the extra time to create savings [...]
DETROIT — A public schools bond referendum to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot in Michigan’s largest city is stirring controversy as it seeks to tap $500 million in federal stimulus funds — $246 million of which being a zero interest loan — to rebuild and renovate three high schools and 15 K-8 elementary schools.
DETROIT — As November’s upcoming election approaches, the Board of Education is sparring with Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb over a ballot measure that seeks to tap $500.5 million in federal stimulus funds to modernize old schools and build new ones. Bobb, who proposed the Proposal S bond referendum, is scheduled to speak at a [...]
DETROIT — Union leaders, city council candidates and charter revision commission candidates are balking at Mayor Dave Bing’s proposal to privatize a sizable portion of the city government in order to reduce the flow of red ink.
DETROIT — The Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday evening to seek a court injunction that would determine whether Robert Bobb, the public schools’ emergency financial manager, broke the terms of his contract and possibly state law when he hired private academic consulting firms to manage 17 of Detroit’s 22 public high schools without prior consultation with the board.
DETROIT — Diane Bukowski, a reporter for the African-American owned Michigan Citizen newspaper, was given one year of probation, 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay more than $4,200 in fines Monday morning after being convicted of two felony counts of police obstruction last month.
At a meeting of DPS school officials titled “Conversation with the Superintendent” parents, teachers and students came out to voice their concerns about various issues within their own schools. But there was someone missing: the superintendent.
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