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 — As state lawmakers scramble to finalize an overdue budget in Lansing, cities and schools across the state are bracing for major cuts in funding from the state. In Michigan’s largest city, where Mayor Dave Bing has warned that the municipal government may run out of cash and the public school district finances have fallen under state control, news of a projected slash in state aid to cities and schools could be devastating.
Mayor Dave Bing told the Detroit City Council today that his administration will cut city bus routes that get little traffic rather than cutting weekend bus service as originally feared. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Despite dodging the first round of layoffs last week amid enormous controversy over cutting weekend bus service, Detroit’s bus drivers are still facing cuts as Mayor Dave Bing looks for ways to bring down the city’s massive deficits and avoid having the city go into bankruptcy or receivership. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing told the Detroit Free Press’ Rochelle Riley that the solution to the avalanche of problems in the Detroit Public Schools is to give him control over the school system in order to assure accountability:
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing spent Wednesday meeting with the major bond rating companies in an effort to soothe their fears over the city’s financial position and assure them that he is taking the necessary steps to fix the budget crisis. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Detroit City Council passed a 10% pay cut for all non-union workers by a 4-3 vote today, which will be implemented through the use of 26 furlough days of unpaid leave. And this may only be the beginning of cuts for union employees as well. Crain’s Detroit Business reports: The cut proposed by Detroit [...]
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing told the Detroit Free Press that the city is on the verge of fiscal disaster and will be bankrupt if drastic action is not taken quickly and decisively.
DETROIT — As contracts between the city and the authority that oversees the nation’s largest trash burner are set to expire, newly elected Mayor Dave Bing, who during his mayoral campaign said he has been against renewing the contract, will announce his official position on the topic on Thursday.
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