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.
While the city of Lansing is facing a projected $12 million budget hole, Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero sounded optimistic Monday night in his fifth State of the City address. During the speech, Bernero said the city was filled with “fighters” and “survivors.” The Lansing State Journal reports the Democrat said:
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 Mayor Dave Bing says Detroiters need to accept changes brought by economic hardship or get left behind, according to an article in the Detroit Free Press this morning. One of the changes Bing discussed with the Free Press is the possibility of charging an entry fee to visit Belle Isle Park in order to [...]
DETROIT — The quasi-public board which oversees the operation of the city’s controversial trash incinerator is considering buying a significant share in the nation’s largest trash burning facility. The Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority which is made up of mayoral appointees, many of whom were first appointed by then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is floating the idea [...]
DETROIT—According to Mayor Dave Bing’s top administrator Charles Beckham, 113 bus drivers will be laid off on Friday. Among them are the drivers booked for weekend routes. With the city bus system 113 drivers short, city officials are still have not decided how the schedules will change. At a special city council meeting on Tuesday [...]
In less than a year, Detroit has had two mayors and both have proposed unpopular pay cuts when they are months away from seeking reelection. Both former Interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. and current mayor Dave Bing have warned in their first months in office that unless they impose 10-20 percent pay cuts to unionized [...]
DETROIT — It’s primary election day — again. Michigan’s largest city has had its share of elections this year with the special mayoral election primary in February and the special election in May. By now, the 14 percent of voters that came out in both of those elections will likely be the only ones voting in today’s general election non-partisan primary. It would be tedious to go through each candidate individually — there are 235 names on the ballot. And nobody, not even the city clerk, really knows details about the full slate. So we’ll try to keep it simple.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has an impersonator — on Twitter. Someone created a Twitter profile under Bing’s name, uploaded a photo of the former basketball star, and started tweeting. The faker frequently tweeted about current city events and until recently, journalists believed the site reflected Bing’s personal opinion and quoted the tweets in stories.
DETROIT — Mayor Dave Bing on Friday told reporters that the city may run out of cash this fall if massive cuts aren’t made before October. In order to avoid payless paydays and state receivership, Bing said that he and his administration are looking to eliminate entire departments and impose layoffs. “The city has a [...]
DETROIT — Mayor Dave Bing will meet with City Council members this week discuss his plan to address the city’s ballooning budget and unpaid bills. A Detroit News report has confirmed that part of Bing’s plan to accomplish a 10 percent pay cut is through a 26 day unpaid furlough.
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